Research Article
A Descriptive Study of Nosocomial Infections in an Adult Intensive Care Unit in Fiji: 2011-12
Table 2
Distribution of bacterial pathogens associated with nosocomial infection in relation to site of specimen.
| | Pathogen | Site of pathogen |
Total
| Respiratory tract
| Blood
| Surgical site
| Urinary tract
|
| | Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL producing#) | 34 (27%) | 21 (17%) | 18 (18%) | 21 (24%) | 94 (22%) | | Acinetobacter species | 33 (26%) | 21 (17%) | 18 (18%) | 20 (23%) | 92 (21%) | | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 24 (19%) | 11 (9%) | 25 (25%) | 13 (15%) | 73 (17%) | | Enterobacter species | 8 (6.4%) | 9 (7%) | 11 (11%) | 5 (6%) | 33 (8%) | | Coagulase-negative Staphylococci | 1 (0.8%) | 20 (16%) | 1 (0.9%) | 8 (9%) | 30 (7%) | | Escherichia coli | 2 (1.6%) | 13 (11%) | 2 (2%) | 5 (6%) | 22 (5%) | | Other Klebsiella | 6 (4.8%) | 2 (1.6%) | 6 (6%) | 5 (6%) | 19 (4%) | | Other Gram negative species | 5 (4%) | 6 (5%) | 6 (6%) | 0 | 17 (4%) | | Citrobacter species | 2 (1.6%) | 2 (1.6%) | 2 (2%) | 3 (3%) | 9 (2%) | | MRSA# | 1 (0.8%) | 1 (0.8%) | 1 (0.9%) | — | 3 (0.2%) | | Others | 9 (7.2%) | 16 (13%) | 12 (12%) | 8 (9%) | 45 (1.1%) |
|
|
ESBL: extended spectrum -lactamase; MRSA: methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
|
