Characteristics of Adult Sepsis Patients in the Intensive Care Units in a Tertiary Hospital in Jordan: An Observational Study

Table 6

Microbiological findings in sepsis patients.

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¹Suspected origin of infection, n (%)

 Gastrointestinal, 17 (37.8%)

 Respiratory, 11 (24.4%)

 Genitourinary, 11 (24.4%)

 Skin and soft tissue, 6 (13.3%)

 Others, 16 (17.8%)

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²Isolated organisms, n (%)

 Gram-positive bacteria, 17 (35.4%)

 Staphylococci (coagulase-negative), 10 (20.8%)

 Staphylococci (coagulase-positive), 2 (4.2%)

  Enterococcus species, 4 (8.3%)

 Streptococcus species, 1 (2.1%)

 Gram-negative bacteria, 37 (77.1%)

 Escherichia coli, 10 (20.8%)

 Acinetobacter baumani, 10 (20.8%)

 Klebsiella species, 9 (18.8%)

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 3 (6.3%)

 Others, 5 (10.4%)

 Fungi, 10 (20.8%)

 Candida species, 10 (20.8%)

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Sample type, n (% positive culture growth)

 Blood, 64 (28.1%)

 Urine, 38 (28.9%)

 Soft tissue and skin, 8 (75.0%)

 Catheters and tubes, 6 (50.0%)

 Sputum 4, (75.0%)

 Pleural fluid and peritoneal fluid, 12 (58.3%)

 CSF, 3 (0%)

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All results are presented as count and percent (n (%)). ¹More than one origin of infection were suspected in some patients. ²More than one pathogen were isolated in some samples.