Clinical Study
Nosocomial Infections among Pediatric Patients with Neoplastic Diseases
Table 3
Causal organisms of nosocomial infections.
| | Causal organisms | Number (%) () |
| | Gram-negative organisms | 16 (47.1) | | Escherichia coli | 3 (8.8) | | Klebsiella pneumonia | 3 (8.8) | | Salmonella enteritidis | 3 (8.8) | | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 2 (5.9) | | Others+ | 5 (2.9) | | Gram-positive organisms | 10 (29.4) | | Staphylococcus aureus | 5 (14.7) | | Coagulase negative Staphylococcus | 4 (11.8) | | Enterococcus fecium | 1 (2.9) | | Fungi | 5 (14.7) | | Candida albicans | 3 (8.8) | | Candida tropicalis | 2 (5.8) | | Co-organisms | 3 (8.8) | | Enterococcus fecium Coagulase negative Staphylococcus | 2 (5.9) | | Enterococcus fecium Escherichia coli | 1 (2.9) |
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: Acinetobactor baumanii, Aeromonas, Burkholderia cepacia, Enterobactor cloacae, Hemophilus influenza.
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