Table 2 Causative agents of bloodstream infections
Overall | CA-BSI | HA-BSI | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No blood samples | N = 7775 | N = 6567 | N = 1138 | |
Polymicrobial, n/totb (%) | 203/7775 (2.6) | 141/6567 (2.1) | 58/1138 (5.1) | <0.001a |
No of isolates | N = 7995 | N = 6720 | N = 1200 | |
Type of isolates, n (%) | ||||
Gram-negative | 4599 (57.5) | 3787 (56.4) | 764 (63.7) | |
Gram-positive | 2120 (26.5) | 1763 (26.2) | 342 (28.5) | |
Fungi | 1275 (15.9) | 1169 (17.4) | 94 (7.8) | |
Leading causative agents (in order of prevalence), n (%) | ||||
Escherichia coli | 1915 (24.0) | 1710 (25.4) | 183 (15.3) | |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 696 (8.7) | 558 (8.3) | 133 (11.1) | |
Staphylococcus aureus | 681 (8.5) | 553 (8.2) | 123 (10.3) | |
Cryptococcus neoformans | 671 (8.4) | 643 (9.6) | 21 (1.8) | |
Talaromyces marneffei | 532 (6.7) | 500 (7.4) | 29 (2.4) | |
Salmonella enterica | 523 (6.5) | 481 (7.2) | 39 (3.3) | |
Streptococcus suis | 273 (3.4) | 268 (4.0) | 3 (0.3) | |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | 238 (3.0) | 221 (3.3) | 16 (1.3) | |
Burkholderia pseudomallei | 189 (2.4) | 171 (2.5) | 16 (1.3) | |
Aeromonas hydrophila | 153 (1.9) | 129 (1.9) | 23 (1.9) | |
Burkholderia cepacia | 138 (1.7) | 115 (1.7) | 23 (1.9) | |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 135 (1.7) | 72 (1.1) | 60 (5.0) | |
Acinetobacter baumannii | 133 (1.7) | 41 (0.6) | 92 (7.7) | |
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 109 (1.4) | 73 (1.1) | 35 (2.4) | |
