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Table 2 Distribution of the retrieved causative organisms of sepsis in different cultures according to their resistance to antibiotics

From: Comparison between early and late mortalities due to severe sepsis in a pediatric intensive care unit: five-years-experience

Culture

Organism retrieved

Total

Susceptible

MDR

XDR

PDR

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

BAL culture (n = 53)

Retrieved organisms (n = 64)a

Klebsiella

24

45.3

0

0.0

5

9.4

15

28.3

4

7.5

Candida

12

22.6

10

18.9

1

1.9

1

1.9

0

0

Acinetobacter

9

17.0

1

1.9

2

3.8

2

3.8

4

7.5

Pseudomonas

6

11.3

4

7.5

2

3.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

E. coli

4

7.5

0

0.0

3

5.7

1

1.9

0

0.0

Staphylococcus aureus

3

5.7

1

1.9

2

3.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

Citrobacter

2

3.8

2

3.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Proteus

2

3.8

0

0.0

2

3.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

Aspergillus

1

1.9

1

1.9

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Enterobacter

1

1.9

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

1.9

0

0.0

Blood culture (n = 31)

Klebsiella

11

35.5

1

3.2

3

9.7

7

22.6

0

0.0

S. aureus

5

16.1

1

3.2

4

12.9

0

0.0

0

0.0

Candida

4

12.9

4

12.9

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Citrobacter

3

9.7

0

0.0

1

3.2

2

6.5

0

0.0

Pseudomonas

2

6.5

2

6.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

E. coli

1

3.2

0

0.0

1

3.2

0

0.0

0

0.0

Enterobacter

1

3.2

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

3.2

0

0.0

Acinetobacter

1

3.2

0

0.0

1

3.2

0

0.0

0

0.0

Enterococcus

1

3.2

1

3.2

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Streptococcus pneumoniae

1

3.2

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

3.2

Burkholderia

1

3.2

1

3.2

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Urine culture (n = 26)

Candida

17

65.4

14

53.8

1

3.8

0

0.0

2

7.7

Klebsiella

4

15.4

0

0.0

2

7.7

2

7.7

0

0.0

Enterococcus

3

11.5

0

0.0

3

11.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

Acinetobacter

1

3.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

3.8

0

0.0

Stenotrophomonas

1

3.8

1

3.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

  1. MDR multidrug resistant, XDR extended drug resistance, PDR pandrug resistant, BAL bronchoalveolar lavage
  2. aOne BAL culture could yield more than one organism