Table 2: Ten most common microorganisms recovered from blood cultures during the study perioda.

Organism No. (%) of Isolates
CoNS 95 (29.3)
Escherichia coli 38 (11.7)
Staphylococcus aureus 36 (11.1)
Klebsiella pneumoniae 21 (6.5)
Brucella spp. 14 (4.3)
Streptococcus pneumoniae 12 (3.7)
Salmonella spp. 10 (3.1)
Corynebacterium spp. (other than C. jeikeum) 10 (3.1)
Micrococcus spp. 8 (2.5)
Proteus mirabilis 7 (2.2)

a A total of 2660 blood cultures investigated, with 324 bacterial isolates.