Table 1. Causative organism of peripheral intravenous catheter-associated bloodstream infections.

Bacterial species recovered from blood cultures	No. of patients (%)
Gram-negative organisms	60 (60.1)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	8 (8.1)
Klebsiella pneumoniae	6 (6.1)
Enterobacter cloacae	7 (7.1)
Serratia marcescens	6 (6.1)
Enterobacter aerogenes	6 (6.1)
Acinetobacter lwoffii	5 (5.1)
Klebsiella oxytoca	5 (5.1)
Citrobacter freundii	3 (3.0)
Escherichia coli	3 (3.0)
Acinetobacter baumannii	3 (3.0)
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	2 (2.0)
Citrobacter koseri	1 (1.0)
Enterobacter intermedium	1 (1.0)
Burkholderia cepacia	1 (1.0)
Pseudomonas fluorescens	1 (1.0)
Citrobacter freundii and Klebsiella pneumoniae	1 (1.0)
Escherichia coli and Acinetobacter baumannii	1 (1.0)
Non-gram-negative organisms	39 (39.4)
Staphylococcus aureus	12 (12.1)
Bacillus sp.	11 (11.1)
Staphylococcus epidermidis	9 (9.1)
Candida albicans	3 (3.0)
Staphylococcus haemolyticus	2 (2.0)
Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes	1 (1.0)
Candida albicans and Candida glabrata	1 (1.0)