Table 2. Distribution of organisms by culture type.
| Total n = 364 |
Blood n = 66 |
Urine n = 74 |
Tracheal Aspirate / Sputum n = 62 |
Wound / surgical specimen n = 162 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gram Negative Organisms | |||||
| Escherichia coli | 139 (38.2) | 18 (27.3) | 52 (70.3) | 10 (16.1) | 59 (36.4) |
| Klebsiella spp. | 91 (25.0) | 15 (22.7) | 15 (20.3) | 19 (30.6) | 42 (25.9) |
| Proteus spp. | 26 (7.1) | 1 (1.5) | 3 (4.1) | 5 (8.1) | 17 (10.5) |
| Acinetobacter spp. | 50 (13.7) | 11 (16.7) | 1 (1.4) | 21 (33.9) | 17 (10.5) |
| Pseudomonas spp. | 15 (4.1) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.7) | 7 (11.3) | 6 (3.7) |
| Salmonella spp. | 2 (0.5) | 2 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Gram Positive Organisms* | |||||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 34 (9.3) | 15 (22.7) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (11.1) |
| Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp. | 2 (0.5) | 2 (3.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0) |
| Streptococcus spp. | 5 (1.4) | 2 (3.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.9) |
Blood, urine, and surgical sample collection was performed in an aseptic, sterile fashion; wound, sputum, and tracheal aspirate samples were non-sterile.
*Testing was performed in order to identify Enterococcus spp; however, no positive cultures were observed.