Acute Bacterial Meningitis in Qatar: A Hospital-Based Study from 2009 to 2013

Table 3

Distribution of different isolates in relation to setting of acquisition of meningitis.

Microorganism	Setting of acquisition		Total
	Nosocomial; (%)	Community-acquired; (%)
Gram-positive
Abiotrophia species	1 (100)	0	1
Enterococcus faecalis	5 (71.4)	2 (28.6)	7
Enterococcus gallinarum	1 (100)	0	1
Gemella haemolysans	1 (100)	0	1
Leuconostoc species	1 (100)	0	1
Listeria monocytogenes	0	3 (100)	3
Staphylococcus aureus	0	1 (100)	1
Staphylococcus capitis	2 (100)	0	2
Staphylococcus epidermidis	14 (87.5)	2 (12.5)	16
Staphylococcus haemolyticus	2 (100)	0	2
Streptococcus agalactiae	0	3 (100)	3
Streptococcus bovis II	0	1 (100)	1
Streptococcus intermedius	0	1 (100)	1
Streptococcus milleri	0	1 (100)	1
Streptococcus mitis	0	1 (100)	1
Streptococcus pneumoniae	0	19 (100)	19
Streptococcus salivarius	0	1 (100)	1
Gram-negative
Acinetobacter baumannii	8 (100)	0	8
Acinetobacter lwoffii	2 (66.7)	1 (33,3)	3
Brucella spp.	0	1 (100)	1
Chryseobacterium (Flavobacterium) meningosepticum	0	1 (100)	1
Chryseobacterium indologenes	0	1 (100)	1
Enterobacter aerogenes	1 (100)	0	1
Enterobacter cloacae	3 (100)	0	3
Escherichia coli	3 (75)	1 (25)	4
Haemophilus influenzae	1 (50)	1 (50)	2
Klebsiella pneumoniae ssp. pneumoniae	7 (58.3)	5 (41.7)	12
Neisseria meningitides	0	11 (100)	11
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	5 (100)	0	5
Pseudomonas putida	1 (100)	0	1
Salmonella group B	0	1 (100)	1
Serratia marcescens	0	1 (100)	1
Total	58	59	117