Blood cultures
Analysis by isolated species and type of ward
(July-December 2002)

Organism
All Wards
Medical Wards
Surgical wards
Pediatric wards
ICU
Outpatients
Other
ALL
Staphylococcus, coagulase negative
1257
1022
180
55
582
40
90
1969
Escherichia coli
539
478
52
9
16
18
27
600
Staphylococcus aureus
317
241
55
21
46
1
23
387
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
179
136
43
 
183
4
16
382
Enterococcus sp.
197
159
38
0
143
3
17
360
Acinetobacter sp.
118
87
31
0
192
3
25
338
Klebsiella pneumoniae ss. pneumonia
152
126
24
2
146
3
21
322
Enterobacter spp
118
93
24
1
84
0
10
212
Streptococcus sp.
125
95
10
20
11
2
9
147
Proteus spp
65
53
12
0
23
1
3
92
Stenotrophomonas (Xantho.) maltophi
37
30
6
1
15
 
2
54
Serratia spp
23
18
4
1
11
1
3
38
Pseudomonas sp.
29
24
4
1
4
0
3
36
Salmonella sp.
29
20
0
9
1
0
0
30
Citrobacter spp
18
14
4
0
3
1
0
22
Klebsiella oxytoca
16
13
3
 
3
 
1
20
Candida spp
11
6
5
0
7
0
1
19
Morganella morganii ss. morganii
11
11
 
 
5
 
1
17
Shigella dysenteriae
6
4
1
1
11
 
0
17
Burkholderia (Pseudo.) cepacia (CDC
10
9
1
 
4
 
1
15
Micrococcus sp.
12
9
3
 
1
 
1
14
Kocuria (Micrococcus) rosea
10
8
2
 
2
 
0
12
Alcaligenes sp.
7
7
 
 
2
1
0
10
Kocuria varians
3
3
 
 
5
1
0
9
Ralstonia pickettii
7
6
1
 
 
 
2
9
Aeromonas sp.
8
7
0
1
0
0
0
8
Brucella sp.
7
5
1
1
0
1
0
8
Yersinia sp.
8
8
0
0
0
0
0
8
Stachybotrys sp.
5
5
 
 
1
 
0
6
Aerococcus viridans
3
3
 
 
2
 
0
5
Chromobacterium violaceum
3
3
 
 
1
 
0
4
Corynebacterium sp.
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
4
Empedobacter (Flavo.) brevis
1
1
 
 
3
 
0
4
Klebsiella pneumoniae ss. ozaenae
4
4
 
 
 
 
0
4
Listeria monocytogenes
3
3
 
 
1
 
0
4
Neisseria meningitidis
3
 
 
3
 
 
0
3
Aerococcus sp.
2
2
 
 
 
 
0
2
Escherichia hermannii
1
 
1
 
1
 
0
2
Flavobacterium odoratum (CDC M-4f)
0
 
 
 
2
 
0
2
Leuconostoc sp.
2
1
 
1
 
 
0
2
Listeria sp.
2
1
1
 
 
 
0
2
Moraxella sp.
2
 
1
1
 
 
0
2
Torulopsis (Cand.) glabrata
2
2
 
 
 
 
0
2
Alcaligenes xylosoxidans ss. xyloso
1
 
1
 
 
 
0
1
Bacillus sp.
1
1
 
 
 
 
0
1
Campylobacter sp.
1
1
 
 
 
 
0
1
Chryseobacterium (Flavo.) meningose
1
1
 
 
 
 
0
1
Chryseomonas (Pseudo.) luteola (CDC
1
1
 
 
 
 
0
1
Entamoeba hartmanni
1
 
1
 
 
 
0
1
Erwinia sp.
1
 
 
1
 
 
0
1
Haemophilus influenzae (type b)
1
 
 
1
 
 
0
1
Hafnia alvei
1
1
 
 
 
 
0
1
Kluyvera sp.
1
1
 
 
 
 
0
1
Leminorella sp.
0
 
 
 
1
 
0
1
Moellerella wisconsensis
1
 
1
 
 
 
0
1
Neisseria meningitidis, serogroup c
0
 
 
 
1
 
0
1
Neisseria sp.
0
 
 
 
 
 
1
1
Pasteurella multocida ss. multocida
1
1
 
 
 
 
0
1
Pasteurella pneumotropica
1
1
 
 
 
 
0
1
Providencia stuartii
1
1
 
 
 
 
0
1
Pseudallescheria boydii
1
 
1
 
 
 
0
1