Table 2 Distribution of blood culture isolates across patients’ groups

Gram negatives (n = 49)

^a26

^a23

0.028

^a22 (62.8)_a

^a9 (60.0)_a

^a2 (50.0)_a

^a16 (41.0)_a

0.056

^a9

 Enterobacteriaceae (n = 32)

16

16

0.051

15

8

1

12

0.182

6

  Escherichia coli (n = 8)

2

6

0.018

5

0_a

1

2

0.310

1

  K. pneumoniae (n = 3)

2

1

0.906

1

0

0

2

0.378

2

  Citrobacter species (n = 12)

6

6

0.300

6

2

0_a

4

0.517

1

  Enterobacter species (n = 7)

5

2

0.648

2

2

0

3

0.959

2

  Providencia species (n = 1)

1

0

0.455

0

1

0

0

0.393

0

  Salmonella typhimurium (n = 1)

1

0

0.455

0

0

0

1

0.236

0

 Acinetobacter species (n = 7)

5

2

0.648

1

3

1

2

0.456

2

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n = 10)

5

5

0.350

7

1

0

2

0.137

1

Gram positives (n = 40)

^a31

^b9

0.014

^b10 (28.5)_a

^a6 (40.0)_a

^a2 (50.0)_a

^a21 (53.8)_a

0.048

^a12

  Enterococcus species (n = 2)

2

0

0.278

0

0

0

2

0.093

1

  Staphylococcus aureus (n = 4)

3

1

0.623

0

1

1

2

0.738

0

  Staphylococcus epidermidis (n = 28)

21

7

0.128

10

2

0

15

0.088

9

  Streptococcus species (n = 6)

5

1

0.295

0

3

1

2

0.659

2

Fungi (n = 4)

  Candida species

^b2

^c2

0.568

2 (5.7)^c

^b0

^a0

^b2 (5.3)

0.738

^b2