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. 2020 Dec 1;36(2):10.7196/SAJCC.2020.v36i2.434. doi: 10.7196/SAJCC.2020.v36i2.434

Table 4. Specimen types for organisms with significant changes between 2015 and 2017 (n).

Blood culture
Urine
Respiratory
Fluid
Tissue
Pus
Microorganism 2015 2017 2015 2017 2015 2017 2015 2017 2015 2017 2015 2017
CRE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0
C. auris 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
All streptococci 3 6 0 0 1 5 2 5 1 2 1 2
A. baumannii 18 17 7 9 63 55 8 19 3 1 4 3
P. aeruginosa 8 8 3 4 45 31 12 8 2 3 5 10
Total 29 38 10 14 109 92 22 35 6 7 10 15

CRE = carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales

C. auris = Candida auris

A baumannii = Acinetobacter baumannii

P. aeruginosa = Pseudomonas aeruginosa