Table 3 Causative pathogens of community-onset bacteremia in different follow-up blood culture (FUBC) subgroups.
From: Timing of follow-up blood cultures for community-onset bacteremia
Causative pathogens | Isolate number (% of total isolates in the FUBC subgroup) | P values | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prior to AAT n = 78 | 0–3 days of AAT n = 227 | 3.1–6 day of AAT n = 525 | 6.1–9 day of AAT n = 345 | ≥9 day of AAT n = 234 | ||
Staphylococcus aureus | 19 (24.4) | 58 (25.6) | 113 (21.5) | 67 (19.4) | 45 (19.2) | 0.38 |
Escherichia coli | 17 (21.8) | 37 (16.3) | 123 (23.4) | 87 (25.2) | 60 (25.6) | 0.10 |
Klebsiella species | 6 (7.7) | 28 (12.3) | 78 (14.9) | 46 (13.3) | 41 (17.5) | 0.21 |
Streptococcus species | 5 (6.4) | 45 (19.8) | 112 (21.3) | 51 (14.8) | 24 (10.3) | <0.001 |
Pseudomonas species | 5 (6.4) | 8 (3.5) | 18 (3.4) | 9 (2.6) | 11 (4.7) | 0.46 |
Acinetobacter species | 5 (6.4) | 4 (1.8) | 8 (1.5) | 3 (0.9) | 2 (0.9) | 0.008 |
Enterococcus species | 4 (5.1) | 10 (4.4) | 18 (3.4) | 16 (4.6) | 9 (3.8) | 0.88 |
Enterobacter species | 3 (3.8) | 8 (3.5) | 11 (2.1) | 7 (2.0) | 4 (1.7) | 0.59 |
Salmonella species | 0 (0) | 4 (1.8) | 11 (2.1) | 8 (2.3) | 7 (3.0) | 0.60 |
Proteus species | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) | 7 (1.3) | 7 (2.0) | 5 (2.1) | 0.35 |
