Table 4.
Microbiological agents
| Gram positive organisms (No = 144) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Organism | Staphylococcus spp. 80 (55.5%) | Enterococcus spp. 27 (18.75%) | Streptococcus spp. 37 (25.%) |
| Methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA)- 36(45%) | Enterococcus faecalis- 22 (81.5%) | Streptococcus. viridans 29 (78.4%) | |
| Methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA)-17(21%) | Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (VRE)- 5 (18.5%) | Streptococcus Salivarus 2 (5%) | |
| Coagulase negative Staphylococcus (CONS)-27(34%) | Streptococcus milleri 2 (5.4%) | ||
| Streptococcus bovis 1 (3%) | |||
| Streptococcus. angiosus 1 (3%) | |||
| Gram negative organisms (No = 28) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name of the organism | No. of isolates & % | Drug resistance |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 9 (32.1%) |
MDR 5 (55.5%) XDR 1 (11.1%) |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 2 (7.1%) | – |
| Burkholderia cepacia | 1 (3.5%) | – |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 1 (3.5%) | – |
| Ochrobacterium anthropi | 1 (3.5%) | – |
| Aggregatibacter aphrophilus | 1 (3.5%) | – |
| Brucella melitensis | 12 (42.8%) | – |
| Niesseria elongate | 1 (3.5%) | |
| Culture negative endocarditis (Serology Positive) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Organism | Positive (N = 30) | % |
| Coxiella burnetii | 19 | 63.3 |
| Brucella spp. | 9 | 30 |
| Chlamydia pneumoniae | 1 | 3.3 |
| Bartonella henselae | 1 | 3.3 |
MDR multidrug resistant, XDR extensively drug resistant
*Fisher Exact test
P < 0.005