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Table 3 Incidence of isolated microorganisms in different samples

From: Antibiograms of intensive care units at an Egyptian tertiary care hospital

Cultures

(n = 45,221)

Gram-negative bacteria (n = 33,652)

Gram-positive bacteria (n = 11,528)

Candida

(n = 41)

Acinetobacter baumanii (n = 4723)

Burkholderia cepacia

(n = 170)

Citrobacter freundii complex

(n = 48)

Enterobacter cloacae (n = 364)

E. coli

(N = 8729)

K. pneumoniae

(n = 15153)

Proteus mirabilis

(n = 1035)

P. aeruginosa

(n = 3203)

Morganella morganii (n = 15)

Providencia stuartii (n = 120)

Serratia marcescens (n = 92)

Streptococci

(n = 49)

Enterococci

(n = 976)

Staph. aureus

(n = 2219)

Other Staphylococci

(n = 8284)

C. albicans

(n = 19)

C. tropicalis

(n = 22)

Blood culture

866

42

0

99

1602

2696

168

456

0

0

60

13

513

931

7205*

6

10

CVC tip

343

0

9

58

220

850

93

97

0

47

0

0

13

177

236

0

0

Sputum

1949

16

0

37

2319

6421

170

1044

0

17

16

0

13

745

429

0

1

BAL

195

0

0

0

76

184

0

17

0

0

0

0

0

16

16

0

0

CSF

28

0

0

0

17

114

0

15

0

0

0

0

0

0

16

0

0

Pus

737

0

0

31

1107

1962

365

634

15

33

16

12

13

209

138

0

0

Urine

428

112

24

77

2909♦

2308

178

615

0

23

0

21

405

64

213

13

11

Wound swab

135

0

15

62

211

437

49

239

0

0

0

0

0

45

15

0

0

Pleural fluid

42

0

0

0

33

16

0

48

0

0

0

0

0

16

0

0

0

Peritoneal fluid

0

0

0

0

201

132

16

22

0

0

0

9

0

16

16

0

0

Vaginal swab

0

0

0

0

0

17

0

16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Stool

0

0

0

0

34

16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

  1. CVC central venous catheter, BAL bronchoalveolar lavage, CSF cerebrospinal fluid
  2. Data were expressed as number
  3. *Gram-positive cocci were the commonest organism isolated in blood cultures
  4. ¶ K. pneumoniae the commonest organism isolated in sputum cultures
  5. ♦ E. coli the commonest organism isolated from urine cultures