Table 4.
Resistant bacteria isolated from blood cultures according to wards and to groups.
| Bacteria | Bundled ASP |
Conventional ASP |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICU (n) | Non-ICU (n) | ICU (n) | Non-ICU (n) | |
| K. pneumoniae (KPC+ or ESBL) | 6 | – | – | – |
| NCS | 5 | 1 | – | 2 |
| A. baumanii (resistant) | 5 | – | – | – |
| NCS (MR) | 3 | – | 1 | – |
| S. aureus (MRSA) | 3 | – | 1 | 1 |
| P. aeruginosa | 1 | 2 | – | – |
| E. cloacae | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| E. faecalis | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| B. cepacia | 1 | – | – | – |
| C. freundii | – | 1 | – | – |
| E. faecium (VRE) | 1 | – | – | – |
| E. aerogenes | – | 1 | – | – |
| K. pneumoniae | – | 1 | – | – |
|
P. aeruginosa (resistant) |
1 | – | – | – |
| S. viridans | 1 | – | – | – |
| Total (42 isolated) | 27 (64%) | 8 (19%) | 2 (5%) | 5 (12%) |
Abbreviations: ICU, intensive care unit; KPC+, Carbapenemase resistance; ESBL, extended spectrum beta-lactamase; NCR MR, non-coagulase methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus; MRSA; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; VRE, vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Resistant A. baumanii includes resistance to at least three drugs (cephalosporins, penicillins, aminoglycosides, or quinolones).