Evaluating the Trends of Bloodstream Infections among Pediatric and Adult Patients at a Teaching Hospital of Kathmandu, Nepal: Role of Drug Resistant Pathogens

Table 2

Trends of bacterial isolates associated with bloodstream infections among pediatric and adult patients ().

Bacterial isolates	Number (%)	Pediatric patients		Adult patients		p
		Outpatients	Inpatients	Outpatients	Inpatients
Gram positive isolates	79 (34.2)	14 (50.0)	35 (56.4)	8 (16.0)	22 (24.1)
Staphylococcus aureus	70 (30.3)	13 (46.5)	32 (51.6)	8 (16.0)	17 (18.6)	0.000
Enterococcus spp.	9 (3.9)	1 (3.5)	3 (4.8)	0 (0.0)	5 (5.4)	0.492
Gram negative isolates	152 (65.8)	14 (50.0)	27 (43.6)	42 (84.0)	69 (75.9)
Salmonella enterica	49 (21.2)	9 (32.1)	0 (0.0)	37 (74.0)	3 (3.2)	0.001
Escherichia coli	20 (8.6)	4 (14.2)	4 (6.4)	5 (10.0)	7 (7.6)	0.550
Klebsiella pneumoniae	7 (3.0)	0 (0.0)	3 (4.8)	0 (0.0)	4 (4.3)	0.559
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	39 (16.8)	0 (0.0)	8 (12.9)	0 (0.0)	31 (34.0)	0.007
Acinetobacter spp.	30 (12.9)	0 (0.0)	9 (14.5)	0 (0.0)	21 (23.0)	0.191
Citrobacter spp.	4 (1.7)	1 (3.5)	1 (1.6)	0 (0.0)	2 (2.1)	0.507
Enterobacter spp.	3 (1.3)	0 (0.0)	2 (3.3)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.0)	0.336