Table 5.

Isolation of microorganisms in blood stream infections.

Microorganisms	No of episodes isolated (n = 75)	%
Bacteria	70	93.3
• Staphylococcus aureus	16	21.3
• Klebsiella pneumoniae	6	8
• Pseudomonas sp.#	7	9.3
• Burkholderia sp.^	10	13.3
• CONS	7	9.3
• Entercoccus sp.	4	5.3
• Salmonella sp.##	6	8
• Acinetobacter sp.^^	5	6.6
• Others*	7	9.3
• Gram negative septicemia	2	2.6
Fungal	5	6.6
• Aspergillus fumigatus	2	2.6
• Candida sp.	2	2.6
• Candida tropicalis	1	1.3

*Streptococci sp. (n=2); E. coli (n=2); Bacillus subtilis (n=1); Neisseria meningitidis (n=1);

Citrobacter freundi (n=1); Fransicella sp. (n=1).

CONS, Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus sp.

^#Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n=3); Pseudomonas stutzeri (n=2).

^Burkholderia cepacia (n=3); B. cenocepacia (n=1).

^##Non-typhoidal Salmonella.

^{^^}Acinetobacter baumanni (n=3).