Table 1 Frequencies of occurrence of bacterial species or groups isolated from blood cultures of hospitalized patients in the United States in 2002
Rank | Bacterial species or group | No. of isolates | % of total no. of isolates |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Coagulase-negative staphylocci | 34,640 | 42.0 |
2 | S. aureus | 13,618 | 16.5 |
3 | E. faecalis | 6,893 | 8.3 |
4 | E. coli | 5,942 | 7.2 |
5 | K. pneumoniae | 2,942 | 3.6 |
6 | E. faecium | 2,873 | 3.5 |
7 | Viridans group streptococci | 2,773 | 3.4 |
8 | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 2,030 | 2.5 |
9 | S. pneumoniae | 1,901 | 2.3 |
10 | Enterobacter cloacae | 1,550 | 1.9 |
11 | Serratia marcescens | 814 | 1.0 |
12 | Acinetobacter baumannii | 733 | 0.9 |
13 | Proteus mirabilis | 732 | 0.9 |
14 | Streptococcus agalactiae | 626 | 0.8 |
15 | Klebsiella oxytoca | 470 | 0.6 |
16 | Enterobacter aerogenes | 376 | 0.5 |
17 | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 256 | 0.3 |
18 | Citrobacter freundii | 245 | 0.3 |
19 | Streptococcus pyogenes | 211 | 0.3 |
20 | Enterococcus avium | 153 | 0.2 |
21 | Others | 2,791 | 3.4 |
Total | 82,569 | 100 |