Table 2. Profile of common bacterial species isolated from blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cultures with corresponding demographical and temporal distribution.
| Organism | Age (years) | Sex | Year | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <5 | 6–18 | 19–45 | 46–65 | >65 | Female | Male | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||
| Coagulase-negative staphylococci | 444 (41.8%) | 74 (28.2%) | 297 (41.8%) | 255 (19.9%) | 209 (43.2%) | 557 (44.7%) | 722 (39.6%) | 101 (38.5%) | 111 (37.5%) | 198 (40.2%) | 337 (44.9%) | 532 (42%) | 1279 (41.7%) |
| Escherichia coli | 57 (5.4%) | 11 (4.2%) | 58 (8.2%) | 90 (27.7%) | 109 (22.5%) | 144 (11.6%) | 181 (9.9%) | 44 (16.8%) | 53 (17.9%) | 73 (14.8%) | 66 (8.8%) | 89 (7%) | 325 (10.6%) |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 215 (20.3%) | 3(1.15%) | 8 (1.1%) | 3(0.55%) | 7 (1.4%) | 76 (6.1%) | 160 (8.8%) | 0 | 0 | 5(1.01%) | 46 (6.1%) | 185 (14.6%) | 236 (7.7%) |
| Acinetobacter species | 85 (8%) | 9 (3.4%) | 41 (5.8%) | 35 (18.3%) | 21 (4.3%) | 81 (6.5%) | 110 (6%) | 15 (5.7%) | 16 (5.4%) | 26 (5.3%) | 44 (5.9%) | 90 (7.1%) | 191 (6.2%) |
| Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi | 16 (1.5%) | 82 (31.3%) | 86 (12.1%) | 3(0.55%) | 1(0.21%) | 81 (6.5%) | 107 (5.9%) | 13 (5%) | 20 (6.8%) | 33 (6.7%) | 58 (7.7%) | 64 (5.1%) | 188 (6.1%) |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 41 (3.9%) | 13 (5%) | 52 (7.3%) | 45 (25%) | 29 (6%) | 71 (5.7%) | 109 (6%) | 19 (7.3%) | 20 (6.8%) | 33 (6.7%) | 47 (6.3%) | 61 (4.8%) | 180 (5.9%) |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 66 (6.2%) | 8 (3.1%) | 26 (3.7%) | 29 (19.1%) | 23 (4.8%) | 53 (4.3%) | 99 (5.4%) | 1(0.38%) | 0 | 29 (5.9%) | 51 (6.8%) | 71 (5.6%) | 152 (5%) |
Data are n (% isolates in a column). Bacterial species with relative frequency above 5% are shown.in the table.