Bacterial Isolates and Antibiotic Sensitivity among Gambian Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition
Table 2
Isolated bacterial pathogens and sites of infection.
Bacterial isolates
Site of isolated pathogens
Total
Blood
Urinea
Skinb,c
Eard
Gram positive
Staphylococcus aureus
4
2
6
Coagulase negative staphylococci
19
19
Streptococcus pneumonia
4
4
Group A Streptococci
1
1
Group F Streptococci
1
1
Other Streptococci
1
1
Bacillus species
2
2
Gram negative
Nontyphoidal salmonellae
5
5
Haemophilus influenzae (nontype b)
2
2
Escherichia coli
3
10
13
Klebsiella pneumonia
1
1
2
Klebsiella species
2
1
1
4
Micrococci
1
1
Enterobacter cloacae
1
1
Proteus species
1
3
5
9
Providencia alkali
1
1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
1
1
3
5
Other Pseudomonas species
1
1
Unspecified
1
1
Total
38
17
11
13
79
aOne child had more than one organism isolated from the urine.
bPatients with skin isolates had extensive weeping dermatosis.
cFour of the seven children with skin isolates had polymicrobial infection.
dSix of the eight children with ear isolates had polymicrobial infection.