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Table 2 Pathogens responsible for bloodstream infection on V-A ECMO

From: Diagnostic yield of routine daily blood culture in patients on veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Pathogen

Overall

Within day 0–day 7

Within day 7 withdrawal

After ECMO withdrawal

Klebsiella pneumoniae

24

14

8

2

Enterobacter aerogenes

18

2

3

13

Proteus mirabilis

15

8

1

6

Enterobacter cloacae

13

10

2

1

Escherichia coli

11

6

2

3

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

13

3

0

10

Yeast (including Candida spp.)

6

0

5

1

Enterococcus faecalis

6

5

0

1

Hafnia alvei

5

5

0

0

Bacteroides fragilis

3

1

1

1

Klebsiella oxytoca

3

0

2

1

Pantoea spp.

3

3

0

0

Serratia marcescens

2

0

0

2

Staphylococcus aureus

2

2

0

0

Citrobacter braakii

1

1

0

0

Enterococcus faecium

1

0

0

1

Haemophilus influenzae

1

1

0

0

Lactobacillus casei

1

1

0

0

Neisseria spp.

1

1

0

0

Leuconostoc spp.

1

1

0

0

Morganella morganii

1

1

0

0

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

1

1

0

0

  1. Total numbers of pathogens differ from number of BSI due to polymicrobial BSI