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. 2021 Nov 26;21:1188. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06898-8

Table 2.

Pathogens identified in the cultures of 2,362 patients during their index admission

Total Blood Respiratory tract Urinary tract Others
(N = 2362) (N = 593) (N = 1831) (N = 831) (N = 352)
n % n % n % n % n %
Gram-positive cocci N = 584 N = 211 N = 246 N = 143 N = 89
 Staphylococcus aureus 292 50.0% 92 43.6% 219 89.0% 6 4.2% 30 33.7%
 Enterococcus faecium 131 22.4% 39 18.5% 2 0.8% 78 54.5% 26 29.2%
 Enterococcus faecalis 55 9.4% 8 3.8% 0 0.0% 38 26.6% 13 14.6%
Gram-negative bacilli N = 1720 N = 389 N = 1379 N = 383 N = 215
 Pseudomonas aeruginosa 513 29.8% 42 10.8% 446 32.3% 65 17.0% 33 15.3%
 Klebsiella pneumoniae 562 32.7% 126 32.4% 415 30.1% 95 24.8% 51 23.7%
 Acinetobacter baumannii 402 23.4% 41 10.5% 357 25.9% 33 8.6% 27 12.6%
 Escherichia coli 342 19.9% 96 24.7% 104 7.5% 151 39.4% 51 23.7%
 Enterobacter cloacae 85 4.9% 19 4.9% 53 3.8% 9 2.3% 16 7.4%
 Serratia marcescens 52 3.0% 9 2.3% 41 3.0% 2 0.5% 3 1.4%
 Proteus mirabilis 40 2.3% 8 2.1% 16 1.2% 12 3.1% 11 5.1%
 Enterobacter aerogenes 34 2.0% 4 1.0% 24 1.7% 7 1.8% 6 2.8%
 Haemophilus influenzae 31 1.8% 0 0.0% 31 2.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Candida/Yeast N = 632 N = 64 N = 264 N = 367 N = 38
 Candida albicans 436 69.0% 36 5.7% 200 31.6% 231 36.6% 31 4.9%
 Candida glabrata 126 19.9% 15 2.4% 27 4.3% 81 12.8% 10 1.6%
 Candida tropicalis 77 12.2% 11 1.7% 35 5.5% 35 5.5% 6 0.9%
 Candida parapsilosis 12 1.9% 0 0.0% 7 1.1% 5 0.8% 0 0.0%
 Candida krusei 2 0.3% 0 0.0% 2 0.3% 0 0% 0 0.0%
 Yeast 45 7.1% 45 7.1% 1 0.2% 44 7% 0 0.0%
Aspergillus N = 108 N = 0 N = 107 N = 0 N = 1
 Aspergillus fumigatus 58 53.7% 0 0.0% 58 54.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
 Aspergillus flavus 31 28.7% 0 0.0% 30 28.0% 0 0.0% 1 100%
 Aspergillus niger 10 9.3% 0 0.0% 10 9.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
 Aspergillus terreus 9 8.3% 0 0.0% 9 8.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%