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Table 4 Bacterial and fungal cultures

From: Microbial colonization of open abdomen in critically ill surgical patients

 

Number

Percentage of colonized patients (76)

Gram-negative bacilli

43

57

E. coli

21

28

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

10

13

Klebsiella pneumoniae

7

9

Klebsiella oxytoca

4

5

Morganella morganii

3

4

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

5

7

Enterobacter cloacae

6

8

Proteus vulgaris

1

1

Serratia marcescens

2

3

Serratia liquefaciens

1

1

Burkholderia cepacia

1

1

Gram-positive cocci

54

71

Enterococcus faecalis

24

32

Enterococcus faecium

33

43

Staphylococcus epidermidis

15

20

Staphylococcus haemolyticus

5

7

Coag.neg. staphylococcus

22

29

Streptococcus viridans

2

3

Enterococci (unspecific)

2

3

Gram-positive bacilli

8

11

Bacillus cereus

5

7

Clostridium species (unspecific)

1

1

Clostridium perfringens

2

3

Lactobacillus

1

1

Fungi

27

36

Candida albicans

24

32

Candida glabrata

6

8

Candida dubliensis

2

3

Candida crusei

1

1

Geotrichum candidum

  

Anaerobes

19

25

Bacteroides fragilis

13

17

Gram-positive bacilli

3

4

Gram-negative bacilli

2

3

Difteroid

4

5