Table 6.
Distribution and Rank Order of the 15 Most Commonly Reported Pediatric Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Pathogens, 2015–2017
| Pathogen | No. (%) Pathogens | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Escherichia coli | 459 (31.8) | 1 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 265 (18.4) | 2 |
| Selected Klebsiella spp | 164 (11.4) | 3 |
| Enterobacter spp | 137 (9.5) | 4 |
| Enterococcus faecalisa | 113 (7.8) | 5 |
| Coagulase-negative staphylococci | 71 (4.9) | 6 |
| Other Enterococcus sppa,b | 44 (3.0) | 7 |
| Citrobacter spp | 30 (2.1) | 8 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 30 (2.1) | 8 |
| Proteus spp | 25 (1.7) | 10 |
| Enterococcus faeciuma | 24 (1.7) | 11 |
| Serratia spp | 22 (1.5) | 12 |
| Morganella spp | 16 (1.1) | 13 |
| Acinetobacter spp | 8 (0.6) | 14 |
| Pseudomonas fluorescens | 4 (0.3) | 15 |
| Gram-negative bacilli, not specified | 4 (0.3) | 15 |
| Other | 27 (1.9) | |
| Total | 1,443 (100.0) |
Note. Selected Klebsiella spp, K. oxytoca and K. pneumoniae.
a
When analyzed on the genus level, Enterococcus ranks #3.
b
The group ‘Other Enterococcus spp’ combines enterococci identified to the species level, excluding E. faecium and E. faecalis, and enterococci for which the species was not reported.