Bacterial organisms isolated from cultures of blood and surgical samples obtained during or within 48 hours of surgery/intervention are shown in Table 2
Pathogen isolated Total, n = 223 (%) Escherichia coli Viridans streptococcus and -hemolytic streptococcus Enterococcus speciesa Klebsiella pneumoniae Citrobacter species Enterobacter species Pseudomonas aeruginosa Staphylococcus aureusa Candida species Proteus species…