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. 2021 Oct 21;7(10):e29954. doi: 10.2196/29954

Table 2.

Bacterial recovery rates from priority specimens collected from 10 surveillance sites, October 2015 to June 2020.

Variable Value, n (%) Odds ratio (95% CI)
Samples cultured (n=19,216) N/Aa

Blood 12,398 (64.52)

Urogenital swabs 274 (1.43)

Stool 1266 (6.59)

Urine 5278 (27.47)
Samples with bacterial growth (n=4471) 23.3 (22.7-23.9)

Blood 1520 (33.99) 12.3 (11.7-12.9)

Urogenital swabs 174 (3.89) 63.5 (57.7-69.0)

Stool 491 (10.98) 38.8 (36.1-41.5)

Urine 2286 (51.13) 43.3 (42.0-44.6)
Samples yielding the GLASSb priority pathogens (n=1429) 7.4 (7-7.8)

Blood 645 (45.14) 5.2 (4.8-5.6)

Urogenital swabs 49 (3.43) 17.9 (13.8-22.9)

Stool 98 (6.86) 7.7 (6.3-9.3)

Urine 637 (44.58) 12.1 (11.3-13.0)
GLASS priority pathogens recovered (n=1429) N/A

Escherichia coli 652 (45.62)

Staphylococcus aureus 337 (23.58)

Salmonella spp 237 (16.58)

Klebsiella pneumoniae 109 (7.63)

Neisseria gonorrhoeae 49 (3.43)

Shigella spp 21 (1.47)

S pneumoniae 18 (1.26)

Acinetobacter baumannii 6 (0.42)

aN/A: not applicable.

bGLASS: Global Laboratory Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System.