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Table 7 Total of microorganisms identified from both intraoperative and subsequent peritoneal samples

From: Complicated intra-abdominal infections worldwide: the definitive data of the CIAOW Study

Total

1826 (100%)

Aerobic Gram-negative bacteria

1152 (63%)

Escherichia coli

653 (35.7%)

(Escherichia coli resistant to third generation cephalosporins)

110 (6%)

Klebsiella pneuumoniae

181 (9.9%)

(Klebsiella pneumoniae resistant to third generation cephalosporins)

39 (2.1%)

Klebsiella oxytoca

11 (0.6%)

(Klebsiella oxytoca resistant to third generation cephalosporins)

2 (0.1)

Enterobacter

75 (4.1%)

Proteus

52 (2.8%)

Pseudomonas

94 (5.1%)

Others

102 (5.6%)

Aerobic Gram-positive bacteria

414 (22.7%)

Enterococcus faecalis

169 (9.2%)

Enterococcus faecium

68 (3.7%)

Staphylococcus Aureus

46 (2.5%)

Streptococcus spp.

85 (4.6%)

Others

47 (2.6%)

Anaerobes

141 (7.7%)

Bacteroides

108 (5.9%)

(Bacteroides resistant to Metronidazole)

3 (0.2%)

Clostridium

11 (0.6%)

Others

22 (1.2%)

Candida spp.

117 (6.4%)

Candida albicans

90 (4.9%)

(Candida albicans resistant to Fluconazole)

2 (0.1%)

Non-albicans Candida

27 (1.4%)

(non-albicans Candida resistant to Fluconazole)

3 (0.1%)

Other yeats

2 (0.1%)