Table 2.
Microorganisms most frequently isolated in the different samples.
| Isolates | STANDARD WARD (65 samples in 58 patients) | Critical care patients (22 samples in 17 patients) |
| Blood cultures S. epidermidis Others CoNS S. aureus E faecalis C. albicans |
35 14 (40%) 13 (37.1%) 4 (11.4%) 1 (2.9%) 1 (2.9%) |
8 2 (25%) 0 (0%) 1 (12.5%) 3 (37.5%) 3 (37.5%) |
| Respiratory samples C. albicans P. aeruginosa S. aureus Influenza A/B |
14 6 (42.9%) 3 (21.4%) 3 (21.4%) 4 (28.6%) |
14 6 (42.9%) 5 (35.7%) 2 (14.3%) 0 (0%) |
| Urinary antigens Pneumococcal Legionella |
15 15 (100%) 0 |
0 0 0 |