Table 3. Common Organisms in Patients With Sepsis and Septic Shocka.
| Organism | Patients with organism, No. (%) (N = 1078)a |
|---|---|
| Any type or name | 613 (56.9) |
| Gram-positive | |
| Staphylococcus spp | 135 (12.5) |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 121 (11.2) |
| Streptococcus spp | 99 (9.2) |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 37 (3.4) |
| Streptococcus, viridans group | 25 (2.3) |
| Group A streptococcus | 14 (1.3) |
| Enterococcus spp | 45 (4.2) |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 21 (1.9) |
| Enterococcus faecium | 11 (1.0) |
| Clostridium spp | 58 (5.4) |
| Clostridioides difficile | 53 (4.9) |
| Gram-negative | |
| Escherichia coli | 149 (13.8) |
| Klebsiella spp | 65 (6.0) |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 56 (5.2) |
| Pseudomonas spp | 47 (4.4) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 42 (3.9) |
| Proteus spp | 33 (3.1) |
| Proteus mirabilis | 29 (2.7) |
| Bacteroides spp | 13 (1.2) |
| Enterobacter spp | 12 (1.1) |
| Citrobacter spp | 11 (1.0) |
| Virus | |
| Influenza | 24 (2.2) |
| Rhinovirus | 13 (1.2) |
| Fungus | |
| Candida spp | 31 (5.1) |
Abbreviation: spp, several species.
a
If an organism was documented in the medical record, it was classified as a sepsis-associated pathogen using an algorithm based on the site of collection and specimen type, type of organism, and testing method (eTable 1 in the Supplement).