Blood cultures
Analysis by isolated species and type of ward
(July-December 2003)

Organism
All Wards
Medical
Surgical
Pediatric
ICU
Outpatients
Other
ALL
Staphylococcus, coagulase negative
1263
996
232
35
465
20
89
1837
Escherichia coli
513
452
59
2
23
13
12
561
Staphylococcus aureus
293
234
58
1
32
2
17
344
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
159
121
38
 
145
1
13
318
Enterococcus sp.
176
129
46
1
125
4
16
321
Acinetobacter sp.
129
79
50
0
198
4
20
351
Klebsiella pneumoniae ss. pneumonia
159
124
35
 
101
2
11
273
Enterobacter spp
102
68
34
0
35
2
6
145
Streptococcus sp.
86
70
10
6
6
6
5
103
Proteus spp
72
59
13
0
22
0
0
94
Stenotrophomonas (Xantho.) maltophi
47
43
2
4
13
1
 
63
Serratia spp
37
30
7
0
9
0
4
50
Pseudomonas sp.
14
11
2
1
1
0
2
17
Salmonella sp.
45
41
1
3
0
2
4
51
Citrobacter spp
12
9
3
0
3
0
3
18
Klebsiella oxytoca
20
15
5
 
 
 
2
22
Candida spp
22
15
7
0
9
0
1
32
Morganella morganii ss. morganii
8
8
 
 
1
1
 
10
Shigella dysenteriae
5
3
2
 
5
 
 
10
Burkholderia (Pseudo.) cepacia (CDC
8
8
 
 
 
 
 
8
Micrococcus sp.
13
10
3
 
 
 
 
13
Kocuria (Micrococcus) rosea
2
2
 
 
 
 
 
2
Alcaligenes sp.
4
3
1
 
 
 
 
4
Kocuria varians
6
6
 
 
1
 
 
7
Ralstonia pickettii
1
1
 
 
 
 
 
1
Aeromonas sp.
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
4
Brucella sp.
5
5
0
0
1
0
0
6
Stachybotrys sp.
3
3
 
 
1
 
 
4
Aerococcus viridans
2
2
 
 
 
 
 
2
Chromobacterium violaceum
1
 
1
 
 
 
 
1
Klebsiella pneumoniae ss. ozaenae
1
1
 
 
1
 
 
2
Listeria monocytogenes
4
4
 
 
 
 
 
4
Leuconostoc sp.
2
2
 
 
 
 
 
2
Moraxella sp.
2
2
 
 
 
 
 
2
Torulopsis (Cand.) glabrata
2
2
 
 
1
 
 
3
Alcaligenes xylosoxidans ss. xyloso
4
3
1
 
1
 
 
5
Bacillus sp.
3
3
 
 
 
 
 
3
Haemophilus influenzae
1
1
 
 
 
 
 
1
Neisseria sp.
1
1
 
 
 
 
 
1
Pasteurella multocida ss. multocida
4
4
 
 
 
 
 
4
Providencia stuartii
6
5
1
 
 
 
 
6