Table 2.
Distribution of commonly isolated pathogens from blood and urine samples (2019–2020).
| Bacteria | Blood | Urine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 (512) | 2020 (254) | p-Value | 2019 (332) | 2020 (240) | p-Value | |
| Gram positive | 345 (67.38%) | 177 (69.68%) | - | 102 (30.72%) | 43 (17.91%) | - |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 82 (16.01%) | 46 (18.11%) | 0.5921 | 26 (7.83%) | 17 (7.08%) | 0.8726 |
| Coagulase negative Staphylococcus | 246 (48.04%) | 118 (46.45%) | 0.3143 | 2 (0.60%) | 5 (2.08%) | 0.1366 |
| Enterococcus spp. | 17 (3.32%) | 13 (5.11%) | 0.3203 | 74 (22.28%) | 21 (8.75%) | 0.0001 |
| Gram negative | 167 (32.61%) | 77 (30.31%) | - | 230 (69.27%) | 197 (82.08%) | - |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 81 (15.82%) | 13 (5.11%) | 0.0001 | 10 (3.01%) | 15 (6.25%) | 0.2141 |
| Acinetobacter baumannii | 53 (10.35%) | 31 (12.20%) | 0.1961 | 36 (10.84%) | 8 (3.33%) | 0.0001 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 6 (1.17%) | 10 (3.94%) | 0.0102 | 30 (9.03%) | 6 (2.5%) | 0.0002 |
| Escherichia coli | 27 (5.27%) | 23 (9.05%) | 0.0170 | 154 (46.38%) | 168 (70%) | 0.0001 |
(p < 0.05 was considered significant).