Table 3 The microbiology of peritonitis episodes
Number isolated in 2013 | Number isolated in 2014 | Number isolated in 2015 | Total number isolated (n = 124) | Percentage of total episode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gram-positive organism | 10 (31.3%) | 14 (35%) | 18 (34.6%) | 42 | 33.9 |
Streptococcus sp. | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 14.5 |
Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13.7 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4.0 |
Other gram-positive organisms | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.6 |
Gram-negative organism | 6 (18.8%) | 13 (32.5%) | 17 (32.7%) | 36 | 29.0 |
Pseudomonas sp. | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 11.3 |
Escherichia coli (E. coli) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4.0 |
Acinetobacter sp. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4.0 |
Klebsiella sp. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
Enterobacter sp. | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.6 |
Other gram-negative organisms | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6.5 |
Fungi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3.2 |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.6 |
Polymicrobial | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4.0 |
Culture-negative | 12 (37.5%) | 9 (22.5%) | 14 (26.9%) | 35 | 28.2 |
Total | 32 | 40 | 52 | 124 | 100.0 |