Table 2.
Distribution of main causative agents by healthcare-associated infection type in the PPS in Serbia, 2017.
| SSI | PN | UTI | GI | BSI | EENT | SST | Other | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Gram-positive cocci | 66 | 31.4 | 7 | 5.2 | 26 | 16.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 37.9 | 2 | 40.0 | 6 | 16.7 | 1 | 5.9 | 144 | 19.9 |
| Gram-positive bacilli | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Enterobacterales | 93 | 44.3 | 62 | 46.3 | 115 | 70.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | 44.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 52.8 | 9 | 52.9 | 340 | 47.1 |
| Non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli | 50 | 23.8 | 49 | 36.6 | 13 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 12.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 27.8 | 4 | 23.5 | 138 | 19.1 |
| Anaerobes | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 62 | 89.9 | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 63 | 8.7 |
| Fungi | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.9 | 5 | 0.7 |
| Microorganism not identified or not found | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 11.2 | 7 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 2.8 | 2 | 11.8 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Sterile examination | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Result not available or missing | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 5 | 7.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Total | 210 | 100 | 134 | 100 | 163 | 100 | 69 | 100 | 95 | 100.0 | 5 | 100 | 36 | 100 | 17 | 10 | 722 | 100 |
SSI: surgical site infection; PN: pneumonia; UTI: urinary tract infection; GI: gastrointestinal infection; BSI: bloodstream infection; EENT: ear, nose, and throat infection; SST skin and soft tissue infection.