Table 2.
Reported causative pathogens on the major types of HCAI (n, %)
| Pathogen | All HCAI (N = 1914) |
LRTI (N = 968) |
BSI (N = 278) |
UTI (N = 239) |
SSI (N = 56) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acinetobacter baumannii | 242 (12.64) | 180 (18.60) | 23 (8.27) | 6 (2.51) | 3 (5.36) |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 180 (9.40) | 82 (8.47) | 51 (18.35) | 20 (8.37) | 3 (5.36) |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 166 (8.67) | 92 (9.50) | 48 (17.27) | 0 | 10 (17.86) |
| Canidia Albicans | 142 (7.42) | 85 (8.78) | 9 (3.24) | 36 (15.06) | 1 (1.79) |
| Enterococcus species | 87 (4.55) | 5 (0.52) | 21 (7.55) | 42 (17.57) | 2 (3.57) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 82 (4.28) | 54 (5.58) | 5 (1.80) | 7 (2.93) | 1 (1.79) |
| Escherichia coli | 65 (3.40) | 12 (1.24) | 18 (6.47) | 27 (11.30) | 1 (1.79) |
| Candida spp. | 55 (2.87) | 22 (4.34) | 6 (2.52) | 21 (20.92) | 0 |
| C.tropical | 52 (2.72) | 20 (2.07) | 1 (0.36) | 29 (12.13) | 0 |
| Aspergillus spp. | 33 (1.72) | 30 (3.10) | 1 (0.36) | 0 | 0 |
| Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp. | 25 (1.31) | 6 (0.62) | 15 (5.40) | 0 | 1 (1.79) |
| Neisseria | 19 (0.99) | 1 (0.10) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Streptococcus viridans | 17 (0.89) | 0 | 2 (0.72) | 0 | 0 |
| Saccharomyces | 17 (0.89) | 6 (0.62) | 0 | 10 (4.18) | 0 |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 16 (0.84) | 12 (1.24) | 2 (0.72) | 1 (0.42) | 0 |
| Enterobacter Hormaeche and Edwards | 14 (0.73) | 6 (0.62) | 5 (1.80) | 0 | 0 |
| Bacillus proteus | 8 (0.42) | 2 (0.21) | 0 | 3 (1.26) | 0 |
| Serratia spp. | 8 (0.42) | 5 (0.52) | 1 (0.36) | 0 | 2 (3.57) |
| Acinetobacter sp | 8 (0.42) | 3 (0.31) | 1 (0.36) | 0 | 0 |
HCAI healthcare-associated infection, LRTI lower respiratory tract infection, BSI bloodstream infection, UTI urinary tract infection, SSI surgical site infection