Research Article
High Prevalence and Endemicity of Multidrug Resistant Acinetobacter spp. in Intensive Care Unit of a Tertiary Care Hospital, Varanasi, India
Table 2
Distribution of causative agents isolated from various HCAI based on culture.
| | Organism group | Members | HCAI | Total ()
n= 993 | | HAP (698) () | BSI (224) () | SSI# (71) () |
| Gram negative bacteria
Non-fermenters | Acinetobacter spp | 363 (52.00) | 49 (21.87) | 14 (19.71) | 426 (42.90) | | Pseudomonas spp. | 77 (11.03) | 14 (6.25) | 10 (14.08) | 101 (10.17) |
| Gram negative bacteria
Enterobacteriaceae | Klebsiella spp | 90 (12.89) | 42 (18.75) | 18 (25.35) | 150 (15.10) # | | Escherichia coli | 78 (11.17) | 16 (7.14) | 17 (23.94) | 111 (11.17) # | | Citrobacter spp. | 23 (3.29) | 10 (4.46) | 5 (7.04) | 38 (3.82) # | | Others | 8 (1.14) | 3 (1.33) | 2 (2.81) | 13 (1.30) # |
| | Gram positive bacteria | Enterococcus spp. | 3 (0.42) | 14 (6.25) | 3 (4.22) | 20 (2.01) | | Staphylococcus spp. | 18 (2.57) | 46 (20.53) | 2 (2.81) | 66 (6.64) |
| | Fungi | Candida spp. | 38 (5.44) | 30 (13.39) | 0 | 68 (6.84) |
| | Total | | 698 | 224 | 71 | |
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HAP is significantly associated with Acinetobacter spp., p<0.001. #SSI is significantly associated with Enterobacteriaceae., p<0.001. |
