Research Article
A Retrospective Audit of Clinically Significant Maternal Bacteraemia in a Specialist Maternity Hospital from 2001 to 2014
Table 1
Overview of clinically significant obstetric related positive blood cultures in Rotunda Hospital from 2001 to 2014.
| Rotunda significant positive blood cultures | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | Total | % |
| Escherichia coli | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 92 | 37% | Group B Streptococcus | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 64 | 25% | S. aureus (methicillin-sensitive) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 10% | S. aureus (methicillin-resistant) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1% | Anaerobes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4% | Enterococcus spp. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3% | Listeria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2% | Group A Streptococcus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2% | Acinetobacter spp. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2% | Haemophilus influenzae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2% | Mixed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2% | Streptococcus pneumoniae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1% | Klebsiella spp. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1% | Group F Streptococcus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1% | Proteus spp. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1% | Citrobacter spp. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1% | Burkholderia cepacia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1% | Salmonella | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1% | Clostridium spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1% | Streptococcus anginosus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4% | Morganella morganii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4% | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4% | Group C Streptococcus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4% | Candida glabrata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4% | Streptococcus spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4% | Total | 16 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 35 | 18 | 14 | 252 | 100% |
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