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Table 3 Description of the microorganisms

From: Correlation between mass and volume of collected blood with positivity of blood cultures

 

N = 55

%

Monomicrobial infection

48

87.3

 Gram positive

24

50.0

  Staphylococcus epidermidis

12

50.0

  Staphylococcus hominis

4

16.7

  Staphylococcus haemolyticus

2

8.3

  Staphylococcus aureus

1

4.2

  Staphylococcus capitis

1

4.2

  Staphylococcus sciuri

1

4.2

  Streptococcus agalactiae

1

4.2

  Clostridium difficile

1

4.2

  Identified as gram positive bacteria only

1

4.2

 Gram negative

20

41.7

  Escherichia coli

7

35.0

  Klebsiella pneumoniae

4

20.0

  Pseudomonas aeruginosa

4

20.0

  Neisseria meningitidis

2

10.0

  Salmonella species

2

10.0

  Serratia marcescens

1

5.0

 Fungi

4

8.3

  Candida albicans

1

25.0

  Candida glabrata

1

25.0

  Candida krusei

1

25.0

  Cryptococcus neoformans

1

25.0

Polymicrobial infection

7

12.7

 Klebsiella pneumoniae + Staphylococcus hominis

1

14.3

 Candida albicans + Klebsiella pneumoniae

1

14.3

 Candida albicans + Candida tropicalis

1

14.3

 Enterococcus faecalis + Staphylococcus epidermidis

1

14.3

 Klebsiella pneumoniae + Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1

14.3

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa + Staphylococcus xylosus

1

14.3

 Staphylococcus epidermidis + Escherichia coli

1

14.3