Table II.
The strains isolated from patients with P. mirabilis (n = 93) and P. vulgaris (n = 5) bacteremia.
| Year | spp. bacteremia Protteus | Secondary Proteus spp. bacteremia | Isolation of Proteus spp. not related directly to bacteremia | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Source of secondary bacteremia (strains isolated at the time/up to three days before isolation from blood sample) | Before bacteremia (more than three days) | After bacteremia | ||||||||||||||
| Urinary tract | Respiratory tract | Wounds | Blood catheter | Peritoneum | Respiratory tract | Wounds | Urinary tract | Blood catheter | Peritoneum | Respiratory tract | Wounds | Urinary tract | Blood catheter | Peritoneum | |||
| 2009 | 12 | 8 (66.7%) | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 12 | 8 (66.7%) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 7 | 4 (57.1%) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 (100.0%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8 (57.1%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 14 | 9 (64.3%) | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 9 | 4 (44.4%) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 15 | 8 (53.3%) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11 | 5 (45.5%) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 98 | 58 (59.2%) | 27 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 |