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Table 2 Incidence of each organism cultured in total population sample and according to TBSA group

From: Burns infection profile of Singapore: prevalence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and the role of blood cultures

Organism

Total infected, n (%)

I, n (%)

II, n (%)

III, n (%)

IV, n (%)

V, n (%)

Total no. of patients

452

277

85

50

29

11

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

80 (17.7)

51 (18.4)

8 (9.4)

11 (22.0)

10 (34.5)

0

Staphylococcus aureus

80 (17.7)

59 (21.3)

8 (9.4)

10 (20.0)

2 (6.9)

1 (9.1)

MDR Acinetobacter baumannii

54 (11.9)

8 (2.9)

6 (7.1)

17 (34)

22 (75.9)

1 (9.1)

MRSA

45 (10.0)

22 (7.9)

7 (8.2)

8 (16)

8 (27.6)

0

Enterobacter spp.

42 (9.3)

27 (9.7)

7 (8.2)

5 (10)

3 (10.3)

0

Acinetobacter baumannii

37 (8.2)

25 (9.0)

6 (7.1)

5 (10)

1 (3.4)

0

Klebsiella spp.

34 (7.5)

14 (5.1)

5 (5.9)

6 (12)

8 (27.6)

1 (9.1)

Enterococcus spp.

33 (7.3)

17 (6.1)

1 (1.2)

9 (18)

1 (3.4)

0

Candida spp.

30 (6.6)

10 (3.6)

1 (1.2)

8 (16)

10 (34.5)

1 (9.1)

MDR Klebsiella spp.

18 (4.0)

2 (0.7)

4 (4.7)

8 (16)

4 (13.8)

0

Proteus mirabilis

13 (2.9)

8 (2.9)

0 (0)

1 (2)

3 (10.3)

1 (9.1)

MDR Staphylococcus aureus

13 (2.9)

9 (3.2)

3 (3.5)

0 (0)

1 (3.4)

0

Escherichia coli

12 (2.7)

8 (2.9)

0 (0)

3 (6)

1 (3.4)

0

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

11 (2.4)

5 (1.8)

1 (1.2)

1 (2)

4 (13.8)

0

MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa

11 (2.4)

3 (1.1)

0 (0)

5 (10)

3 (10.3)

0

Group G Streptococcus

8 (1.8)

6 (2.2)

0 (0)

2 (4)

0 (0)

0

Serratia spp.

8 (1.8)

6 (2.2)

0 (0)

1 (2)

1 (3.4)

0

Morganella morganii

7 (1.5)

3 (1.1)

3 (3.5)

0 (0)

1 (3.4)

0

MDR coagulase-negative Staphylococcus

6 (1.3)

3 (1.1)

0 (0)

3 (6)

0 (0)

0

MDR Enterobacter spp.

6 (1.3)

4 (1.4)

0 (0)

1 (2)

1 (3.4)

0

Group A Streptococcus

5 (1.1)

4 (1.4)

0 (0)

1 (2)

0 (0)

0

Group B Streptococcus

5 (1.1)

5 (1.8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0

MDR Escherichia coli

4 (0.9)

0 (0)

1 (1.2)

0 (0)

3 (10.3)

0

MDR Proteus mirabilis

4 (0.9)

1 (0.4)

0 (0)

2 (4)

1 (3.4)

0

Achromobacter xylosoxidans

2 (0.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (6.9)

0

Burkholderia cepacia

2 (0.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (4)

0 (0)

0

Staphylococcus lugdunensis

2 (0.4)

1 (0.4)

1 (1.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0

Trichosporon spp.

2 (0.4)

1 (0.4)

0 (0)

1 (2)

0 (0)

0

Aeromonas hydrophila

1 (0.2)

1 (0.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0

Arcanobacterium haemolyticum

1 (0.2)

1 (0.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0

Corynebacterium spp.

1 (0.2)

1 (0.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0

Clostridium spp.

1 (0.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (3.4)

0

Delftia acidovirans

1 (0.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (3.4)

0

Providencia spp.

1(0.2)

0 (0)

1 (1.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0

MDR Achromobacter xylosoxidans

1(0.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (9.1)

MDR Pseudomonas putida

1 (0.2)

1 (0.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0

  1. TBSA total burn serface area, MDR multidrug-resistant, MRSA Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus