Table 1. Attributes of pathogens isolated from blood and cerebrospinal fluid between 2011–2015 in Pakistan.

	Number of bacterial pathogens (n = 3068)
Age (years)
≤5	1061 (34.6%)
6–18	262 (8.5%)
19–45	711 (23.2%)
46–65	550 (17.9%)
>65	484 (15.8%)
Sex
Female	1245 (40.6%)
Male	1823 (59.4%)
Site of Infection
Blood	2917 (95.1%)
CSF	151 (4.9%)
Year of Isolation
2011	262 (8.5%)
2012	296 (9.6%)
2013	493 (16.1%)
2014	750 (24.4%)
2015	1267 (41.3%)
Location of sample collection
Punjab	2701 (87.9%)
KPK	338 (11%)
Sindh	25 (1%)
Baluchistan	1 (0%)
No information	3 (.1%)
Phenotypic characters/Gram Staining
Gram-positive bacteria	1433 (46.7%)
Gram-negative bacteria	1635 (53.3%)