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Table 2 Microbiological isolates during 330 ICU admissions complicated by acquired bloodstream infection

From: Acquired bloodstream infection in the intensive care unit: incidence and attributable mortality

Microbiological Isolate

Percentage of Admissions with BSI

Gram negative Bacilli

28.2%

Staphylococcus aureus

26.7%

Coagulase-negative staphylococci

24.3%

Enterococci

17.0%

Candida species

15.5%

Others

6.7%

  1. In 44 admissions more than one species was isolated
  2. BSI, bloodstream infection.