Table 2 Pathogens isolated in patients with inadequate empirical therapy before ICU admission
Focus | Bloodstream | |
|---|---|---|
Gram-negative | ||
Escherichia coli | 27 (26.5) | 30 (34.5) |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 15 (14.7) | 6 (6.9) |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 11 (10.8) | 9 (10.3) |
Acinetobacter baumannii | 7 (6.9) | 4 (4.6) |
Proteus mirabilis | 2 (2) | 1 (1.1) |
Enterobacter spp. | 5 (4.9) | 4 (4.6) |
Gram-positive | ||
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus | 2 (2) | 5 (2.4) |
Enterococcus spp. | 15 (14.7) | 6 (6.9) |
Staphylococcus spp. | – | 3 (3.4) |
Fungi | ||
Candida spp. | 8 (7.8) | 11 (12.6) |
Others | 10 (9.8) | 8 (9.2) |
Total | 102 | 87 |