Table 3.
Species and taxonomic units highlighted for being isolated at a rate equal or higher than 5% of swabs, and for being reported in 25% or more of the studies in that population group. Candida species are presented despite not reaching 5% due to their likely under-identification.
| Taxonomic unit | Community |
Heath Care Workers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no. isolates | % | no. studies | % | no. isolates | % | no. studies | % | |
| Acinetobacter sp. | 49 | 1.7% | 3 | 16.7% | 142 | 2.4% | 16 | 34.0% |
| Bacillus sp. | 99 | 3.5% | 5 | 27.8% | 295 | 5.0% | 20 | 42.6% |
| CoNS | 762 | 27.1% | 11 | 61.1% | 1964 | 33.3% | 31 | 66.0% |
| Escherichia coli | 104 | 3.7% | 10 | 55.6% | 163 | 2.8% | 26 | 55.3% |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 41 | 1.5% | 5 | 27.8% | 83 | 1.4% | 12 | 25.5% |
| Micrococcus sp. | 148 | 5.3% | 4 | 22.2% | 192 | 3.3% | 13 | 27.7% |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 83 | 2.9% | 6 | 33.3% | 97 | 1.6% | 13 | 27.7% |
| Pseudomonas sp. | 4 | 0.1% | 1 | 5.6% | 108 | 1.8% | 13 | 27.7% |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 883 | 31.4% | 13 | 72.2% | 1111 | 18.8% | 43 | 91.5% |
| MSSA (Methicillin-sensitive S. aureus) | 129 | 4.6% | 4 | 22.2% | 316 | 5.4% | 16 | 34.0% |
| MRSA (Methicillin-resistant S. aureus) | 31 | 1.1% | 5 | 27.8% | 219 | 3.7% | 24 | 51.1% |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 218 | 7.7% | 4 | 22.2% | 195 | 3.3% | 6 | 12.8% |
| Candida albicans | 114 | 4.0% | 1 | 5.6% | – | – | – | – |
| Candida gabrata | 132 | 4.7% | 1 | 5.6% | – | – | – | – |