Table 2 Bacteria isolated in blood cultures.

From: Reduction of BSI associated mortality after a sepsis project implementation in the ER of a tertiary referral hospital

 

Period A

Period B

Total bacteria isolated

459

366

GN bacteria

258 (56.2%)

218 (59.5)

 Escherichia coli WT

130 (28.32%)

101 (27.60%)

 Escherichia coli ESBL

36 (7.84%)

29(7.92%)

 Klebsiella pneumoniae WT

23 (5.01%)

16 (4.37%)

 Klebsiella pneumoniae ESBL

4 (0.87%)

7(1.91%)

 Klebsiella pneumoniae KPC

4 (0.87%)

1 (0.27%)

 Klebsiella spp. WT

5 (1.09%)

8 (2.19%)

 Klebsiella spp. ESBL

1 (0.22%)

 

 Proteus mirabilis

13(2.83%)

14(3.83%)

 Enterobacter WT

6(1.31%)

8 (2.19%)

 Enterobacter EBSL

1 (0.22%)

1 (0.27%)

 Salmonella spp

5 (1.09%)

2 (0.55%)

 Serratiamarcescens WT

2 (0.44%)

1 (0.27%)

 Citrobacter spp.

2 (0.44%)

1 (0.27%)

 Providencia spp WT

2 (0.44%)

 

 Providencia spp ESBL

1 (0.22%)

 

 Hafnia alvei WT

1 (0.22%)

 

 Shigella spp

1 (0.22%)

 

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

13 (2.83%)

17 (4.64%)

 Pseudomonas spp

2 (0.44%)

1(0.27%)

 Acinetobacter baumanii

 

1 (0.27%)

 Acinetobacter spp

1 (0.22%)

2(0.55%)

 Neisseria meningitidis

1 (0.22%)

1 (0.27%)

 Haemophilus influenzae

1(0.22%)

1(0.27%)

 Stenotophomonas maltophilia

1 (0.22%)

1 (0.27%)

 Leclercia adecarboxylata

1 (0.22%)

 

 Morganella morganii

1 (0.22%)

 

 Achromobacter xylosoxidans

 

2 (0.55%)

 Shewanella putrefaciens

 

1 (0.27%)

 Aeromonas caviae

 

1 (0.27%)

 Bordatella holmesii

 

1 (0.27%)

GP bacteria

189 (41.2)

135 (36.9)

 Staphylococcus aureus MS

45 (9.8%)

29 (7.92%)

 Staphylococcus aureous MR

17 (3.7%)

8 (2.19%)

 Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus MS

12 (2.61%)

8 (2.19%)

 Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus MR

20 (4.36%)

7 (1.91%)

 Streptococcus pneumoniae

24 (5.23%)

23 (6.28%)

 Streptococcus gallolyticus

5 (1.09%)

7 (1.91%)

 Streptococcus anginosus

5 (1.09%)

6 (1.64%)

 Streptococcus agalactiae

4 (0.87%)

3 (0.82%)

 Streptococcus constellatus

6 (1.31%)

1 (0.27%)

 Streptococcus pyogenes

3 (0.65%)

1 (0.27%)

 Streptococcus viridans

1 (0.22%)

 

 Streptococcus spp

12 (2.61%)

19 (5.19%)

 Enterococcus faecalis

19 (4.14%)

12 (3.28%)

 Enterococcus faecium

3 (0.65%)

6 (1.64%)

 Enterococcus spp.

5 (1.09%)

2 (0.55%)

 Listeria monocytogenes

5 (1.09%)

1(0.27%)

 Lactobacillus spp

1 (0.22%)

 

 Bacillus spp

1 (0.22%)

 

 Nocardia spp.

1 (0.22%)

 

 Aerococcus urinae

 

1 (0.27%)

 Corynebacterium spp.

 

1 (0.27%)

 Anaerobes

8(1.74%)

12(3.28%)

 Candida spp

4 (0.87%)

1 (0.27%)

  1. GP Gram positive, GN Gram negative, WT wild type, ESBL extended spectrum beta-lactamase, MS methicillin sensitive, MR methicillin resistant.