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. 2022 Mar 8;11(3):362. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11030362

Table 1.

Most common pathogen groups according to the presumed source of infection.

Urinary Respiratory Intra-Abdominal Intra Vascular Catheter
Community
acquired
Enterobacterales
Enterococcus sp.
P. aeruginosa *
Streptococcus pneumoniae ++
Legionella sp. ***
Enterobacterales
S. aureus
P. aeruginosa *
H. influenzae
Enterobacterales
Enterococcus sp.
Candida sp.
Anaerobes
Polymicrobial
Coagulase neg.
staphylococci
S. aureus
Enterobacterales
Hospital
acquired
Enterobacterales
Candida sp.
Enterococcus sp.
P. aeruginosa
Acinetobacter sp.
Enterobacterales
S. aureus
P. aeruginosa
Acinetobacter sp.
Enterobacterales
P. aeruginosa
Enterococcus sp.
Candida sp.
Anaerobes
Polymicrobial
Enterobacterales
S. aureus
Coagulase neg. staphylococci
P. aeruginosa
Acinetobacter sp.

Describes the most common pathogens. Non-exhaustive list. ++ Largely predominant. * In patients with chronic respiratory disease and patients with long-term indwelling catheter for respiratory and urinary sources, respectively. *** Legionella sp. does not cause BSIs but should be included in severe community-acquired respiratory infections.