Volume 8, Number 1—January 2002
Research
Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Pathogens Causing Nosocomial Infections at a University Hospital in Taiwan, 1981-1999
Po-Ren Hsueh*†, Mei-Ling Chen*†, Chun-Chuan Sun†, Wen-Hwei Chen†, Hui-Ju Pan*†, Li-Seh Yang†, Shan-Chwen Chang*†, Shen-Wu Ho*†, Chin-Yu Lee†, Wei-Chuan Hsieh†, and Kwen-Tay Luh*†
Table 1
Incidences of 10 top-ranking pathogens causing nosocomial infections and infections from four body sites at National Taiwan University Hospital, 1981 to 1999
| Pathogen | % of indicated pathogen causing nosocomial infection (1981-1986/1987-1992/1993-1998/1999)a | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | BSI | RTI | UTI | SSI | |
| Candida spp. | 3.7/9.1/14.4/16.2 | 1.0/9.2/16.4/16.2 | 2.0/5.8/2.1/2.2 | 8.4/16.0/23.6/14.3 | 2.4/5.1/5.9/6.4 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 5.2/9.1/12.1/12.0 | 5.2/9.3/11.5/13.0 | 4.0/8.4/16.9/12.6 | 1.4/2.6/3.3/2.1 | 5.5/5.2/13.0/15.4 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 12.7/14.0/11.1/11.8 | 10.0/9.4/7.2/7.8 | 19.6/21.9/23.8/25.7 | 11.7/11.2/11.0/10.4 | 11.1/17.4/14.3/16.0 |
| Escherichia coli | 12.1/8.4/9.5/9.9 | 18.7/9.7/8.7/9.0 | 4.8/2.4/3.5/3.7 | 19.1/19.9/18.6/18.4 | 11.7/5.8/5.8/6.8 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 8.1/5.5/7.2/6.8 | 11.6/6.6/7.7/7.0 | 10.9/9.4/11.5/10.8 | 9.0/7.0/8.6/8.2 | 6.9/3.5/4.2/4.6 |
| Enterobacter spp. | 6.0/7.6/7.4/6.4 | 8.0/8.6/7.3/6.9 | 5.2/8.1/11.8/8.6 | 9.0/8.4/6.7/6.3 | 4.5/7.9/7.8/5.5 |
| Enterococcus spp. | 8.8/7.8/6.7/6.2 | 8.7/6.2/6.3/7.6 | 11.6/9.7/8.1/6.5 | 10.1/12.6/9.6/7.9 | |
| Acinetobacter spp. | 4.4/5.1/4.9/5.4 | 6.1/8.8/7.2/7.6 | 11.0/13.4/9.3/13.0 | ||
| CoNS | 2.8/6.9/6.6/5.1 | 2.7/8.5/7.9/4.9 | 3.2/7.1/9.1/6.8 | ||
| Other NFGNB | 5.7/6.1/4.8/4.1 | 5.9/7.7/6.8/6.7 | 12.3/13.1/7.8/8.2 | 7.4/6.5/4.4/2.8 | |
| S. marcescens | 3.5/1.9/3.7/4.1 | ||||
| Proteus spp. | 3.2/2.2/2.4/1.1 | 3.8/3.8/3.8/3.7 | |||
| Citrobacter spp. | 5.9/4.4/2.4/2.4 | ||||
| Viribans streptococci | 5.2/5.8/4.2/3.5 | ||||
| Bacteroides spp. | 9.7/4.7/5.0/3.1 | ||||
aAbbreviations: BSI = bloodstream infection; RTI = respiratory tract infection; UTI = urinary tract infection; SSI = surgical site infection; CoNS = coagulase-negative staphylococci; NFGNB = nonfermentative gram-negative bacilli.
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