Research Article

Bloodstream Infection and Its Clinical Characteristics and Relevant Factors Associated with Interventional Therapy in a Large Tertiary Hospital: A Six Years Surveillance Study

Table 2

Detection of pathogenic bacteria in blood culture.

Pathogenic bacteriaNo. (%) of bacteriaNo. (%) of drug-resistant bacteria

Gram-positive bacteria88/157 (56.05%)64/88 (72.73%)
 Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus48/157 (30.57%)39/48 (81.25%)
Micrococcus luteus9/157 (5.73%)7/9 (77.78%)
Enterococcus faecium14/157 (8.92%)7/14 (50.0%)
 Gram-positive bacilli9/157 (5.73%)9/9 (100.0%)
Enterococcus faecalis4/157 (2.55%)1/4 (25.0%)
Staphylococcus aureus2/157 (1.27%)0
 Others2/157 (1.27%)1/2 (50.0%)
Gram-negative bacteria68/157 (43.31%)32/68 (47.06%)
Escherichia coli32/157 (20.38%)14/32 (43.75%)
Klebsiella pneumoniae10/157 (6.37%)6/10 (60.0%)
Enterobacter cloacae8/157 (5.10%)3/8 (37.5%)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa6/157 (3.82%)1/6 (16.67%)
Acinetobacter baumannii3/157 (1.91%)3/3 (100.0%)
 Others9/157 (5.73%)5/9 (55.56%)
Fungus1/157 (0.64%)0
Candida glabrata1/157 (0.64%)0

Note: definition of drug-resistant of major bacteria, (1) Oxacillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococci, (2) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, (3) carbapenem resistant Escherichia coli, (4) carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumonia.