Table 3.
Microorganisms isolated from HAIs in the ICU
| Clinical isolates | HAIs (n) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| n | BSI (65) | PNEUa (30) | UTI (19) | SSI/SSSTb (10) | GIc (4) | |
| Gram-negative bacilli | 30 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | |
| A. baumannii | ||||||
| K. pneumoniae | 23 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| P. aeruginosa | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| E. coli | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Klebsiella oxytoca | 1 | 1 | – | |||
| Serratia marsescens | 1 | 1 | – | |||
| Morganella morganii | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Citrobacter koseri | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Gram-positive bacteria | ||||||
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 2 | 2 | ||||
| MRSA | 4 | 4 | ||||
| MSSAd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Enterococcus faecalis | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Enterococcus faecium | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Fungi | ||||||
| Candida spp.e | 13 | 11 | 2 | |||
| Trichosporon asahii | 1 | 1 | ||||
a
Pneumonia (includes four lower respiratory tract infections with no positive respiratory sample culture (diagnosed clinically/radiologically).
b
Surgical site infection/skin and soft tissue infections including one with ear infection with E. coli.
c
Gastrointestinal infections with C. difficile (toxin +ve).
d
Methicillin-susceptible S. aureus.
e
C. albicans-5, C. auris-2, C. famata-1, C. parapsilosis-2, C. tropicalis-2, C. utilis-1.