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. 2022 May 12;14(3):372–382. doi: 10.3390/idr14030041

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Etiology of HAIs by site of infection. A total of 18 cases of pneumonia were caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (horizontal stripes), 13 cases were due to Escherichia coli (sparse points), 6 patients had a Klebsiella spp. (checks) pneumonia, and MRSA (large slant stripes) and Aspergillus fumigatus (vertical stripes) caused 2 cases of pneumonia each. BSIs were caused by Klebsiella spp. (checks) in two cases, MRSA (slant stripes) in three cases, and by Candida albicans (close slant stripes). UTIs were caused by Escherichia coli in three cases and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in one case. One case of IAI was caused by C. albicans. Abbreviations: spp., species plures; MRSA, methicillin-resistant S. aureus; BSI, bloodstream infection; UTI, urinary tract infection; IAI, intra-abdominal infections.