Research Article

Bacterial Etiology of Bloodstream Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Malé, Maldives

Table 4

Trends of bacterial isolates among paediatric and adult populations, .

Bacterial isolatesNumber (%)Paediatric patients (n = 130)Adult patients (n = 341) value
2016 (2017 (2016 (2017 (

Gram-positive isolates338 (71.8%)61 (81.3)46 (83.6)122 (74.4)109 (61.6)
Streptococcus spp.23 (4.9)8 (10.7)5 (9.1)6 (3.7)4 (2.3)0.940
Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS)246 (52.2)49 (65.3)35 (63.6)79 (48.2)83 (46.9)0.154
Staphylococcus aureus62 (13.2)3 (4.0)6 (10.9)35 (21.3)18 (10.2)0.063
Enterococcus spp.7 (1.5)1 (1.3)0 (0.0)2 (1.2)4 (2.3)0.212
Gram-negative isolates133 (28.2)14 (18.7)9 (16.4)42 (25.6)68 (38.4)
Klebsiella spp.63 (13.4)6 (8.0)6 (10.9)19 (11.6)32 (18.1)0.417
Acinetobacter spp.7 (1.5)4 (5.3)3 (5.5)4 (2.4)3 (1.7)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa5 (1.1)1 (1.3)0 (0.0)2 (1.2)2 (1.1)0.361
Pseudomonas spp.12 (2.5)3 (4.0)1 (1.8)1 (0.6)7 (4.0)0.030
Escherichia coli42 (8.9)3 (4.0)1 (1.8)14 (8.5)24 (13.6)0.139
Salmonella spp.4 (0.8)1 (1.3)1 (1.8)2 (1.2)0 (0.0)0.248