Table 4 Bacteria isolated.
From: Characteristics and outcomes of culture-negative versus culture-positive severe sepsis
Bacteria isolateda | No. of patients (% of entire cohort of patients) | |
|---|---|---|
| Â | All cultures | Bacteremia |
Gram-positive | 257 (25.7) | 120 (12.0) |
   Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus | 82 (8.2) | 39 (39.0) |
   Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus | 59 (5.9) | 10 (1.0) |
   Streptococcus pneumoniae | 67 (6.7) | 39 (3.9) |
   Other Streptococcus species | 19 (1.9) | 15 (1.5) |
   Enterococcus | 28 (2.8) | 16 (1.6) |
   Others | 9 (0.9) | 5 (0.5) |
Gram-negative | 390 (39.0) | 213 (21.3) |
   Klebsiella pneumoniae | 131 (13.1) | 73 (7.3) |
   Escherichia coli | 117 (11.7) | 80 (8.0) |
   Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 62 (6.2) | 15 (1.5) |
   Acinetobacter baumannii | 35 (3.5) | 10 (1.0) |
   Bulkholderia pseudomallei | 13 (1.3) | 10 (1.0) |
   Enterobacter cloacae | 10 (1.0) | 4 (0.4) |
   Hemophilus influenzae | 9 (0.9) | 1 (0.1) |
    Salmonella species | 7 (0.7) | 3 (0.3) |
    Citrobacter species | 6 (0.6) | 3 (0.3) |
   Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 6 (0.6) | 1 (0.1) |
    Proteus species | 5 (0.5) | 5 (0.5) |
   Bacteroides fragilis | 5 (0.5) | 2 (0.2) |
   Others | 23 (2.3) | 14 (1.4) |