Determinants of Deescalation Failure in Critically Ill Patients with Sepsis: A Prospective Cohort Study

Table 2

Frequencies of all microbial isolates.

Organisms isolated	Number
Enterobacteriaceae	57 (29.2%)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	53 (27.1%)
GPC	21 (10.7%)
Fungal	25 (12.8%)
Candida albicans	11 (5.6%)
Candida non-albicans	13 (6.6%)
Aspergillus	1
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	8 (4%)
MRSA	7 (3.5%)
Acinetobacter baumannii	7 (3.5%)
VRE	5 (2.5%)
Viruses	3 (1.5%)
Miscellaneous	9 (16%)

Out of 195 positive cultures;   includes Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Citrobacter koseri, and Proteus mirabilis; includes Streptococcus sp. and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; includes MERS-corona, parainfluenza, and influenza; includes Alcaligenes xylosoxidans, Vibrio cholerae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Nocardia.