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Table 2 Isolated microorganisms and their distribution among different ICUs.*

From: Nosocomial blood stream infection in intensive care units at Assiut University Hospitals (Upper Egypt) with special reference to extended spectrum β-lactamase producing organisms

Organism

ICU

Total No and % Of the organism in all ICUs (n = 175)

 

Trauma n = 33

Post operative n = 4

Chest n = 30

Medicine n = 6

General n = 25

Neurological n = 12

Coronary n = 48

Tropical n = 10

Neurosurgical n = 6

 

MS CNS

2(6.1%)

1(25%)

3(100%)

1(16.7%)

3 (12%)

4(33.3%)

9(18.8%)

2(20%)

0(0%)

25(14.3%)

MR CNS

6(18.2%)

1(25%)

2(*6.7%)

1(16.7%)

7(28%)

0(0%)

9(18.8%)

0(0%)

2(33.3%)

28(16%)

MSSA

3(9.1%)

0(0%)

5(16.7%)

2(33.3%)

2(8%)

0(0%)

3(6.3%)

1(10%)

2(33.3%)

18(10.3%)

MRSA

10(30.3%)

0(0%)

8(26.7%)

2(33.3%)

4(16%)

3(25%)

2(4.2%)

3(30%)

1(16.7%)

33(18.9%)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

4(8.3%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

4(2.3%)

Enterococcus spp.

1(3%)

0(0%)

2(6.7%)

0(0%)

4(16%)

1(8.3%)

5(10.4%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

13(7.4%)

E coli

2(6.1%)

1(25%)

3(10%)

0(0%)

3(12%)

0(0%)

5(10.4%)

0(0%)

1(16.7%)

15(8.6%)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

4(12.1%)

0(0%)

4(13.3%)

0(0%)

1(4%)

2(16.7%)

5(10.4%)

2(20%)

0(0%)

18(10.3%)

Klebsiella oxytoca

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

1(10%)

0(0%)

1(0.6%)

Enterobacter spp.

2(6.1%)

0(0%)

2(6.7%)

0(0%)

1(4%)

2(16.7%)

3(6.3%)

1(10%)

0(0%)

11(6.3%)

Acinetobacter baumannii

1(3%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

1(16.7%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

2(4.2%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

4(2.3%)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

0(0%)

0(0%)

1(3.3%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

1(2.1%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

2(1.1%)

Candida spp.

2(6.1%)

1(25%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

3(1.7%)

  1. *(n = total number of isolates in the ICU, percentage is calculated per number of isolates in each ICU)