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Table. 1. Table 1

Distribution of microorganisms isolated from blood culture during 2016 to 2023 years

Microorganism	Frequency of microorganism isolated from blood culture for 8 years

	2016-2019			2020-2023			2016-2023

	N	%		N	%		N	%

		Total^*	Major^†		Total^*	Major^†		Total^*	Major^†
E. coli	1,678	17.16	31.76	1,796	14.88	26.98	3,474	15.90	29.10
S. aureus	1,290	13.19	24.42	1,628	13.49	24.46	2,918	13.35	24.44
K. pneumoniae	728	7.44	13.78	1,066	8.83	16.01	1,794	8.21	15.03
Candida spp.	523	5.35	9.90	659	5.46	9.90	1,182	5.41	9.90
E. faecium	307	3.14	5.81	448	3.71	6.73	755	3.46	6.32
A. baumannii	258	2.64	4.88	354	2.93	5.32	612	2.80	5.13
E. faecalis	207	2.12	3.92	300	2.49	4.51	507	2.32	4.25
P. aeruginosa	202	2.07	3.82	245	2.03	3.68	447	2.05	3.74
E. cloacae	90	0.92	1.70	161	1.33	2.42	251	1.15	2.10

Total	9,779	54.02		12,071	55.15		21,850	54.65

*Percentage among total positive microorganism from blood culture

†Percentage among microorganism causing commonly bloodstream infection, which included E. coli, S. aureus, K. pneumoniae, Candida spp., E. feacium, A. baumannii, E. faecalis, P. aeruginosa, E. cloacae

Biomed Sci Letters 2024;30:73-80 https://doi.org/10.15616/BSL.2024.30.2.73