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Table 2 Bacteria isolated from CSF

From: Antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) isolates in Namibia: implications for empirical antibiotic treatment of meningitis

Organism isolate

Frequency of isolate

%

Cumulative frequency

Cumulative %

Streptococcus pneumoniae

187

37.18

187

37.18

Neisseria meningitids group A

53

10.54

240

47.71

Neisseria meningitidis

48

9.54

288

57.26

Haemophilus influenzae

38

7.55

326

64.81

Escherichia coli

22

4.37

348

69.18

Staphylococcus aureus

19

3.78

367

72.96

Haemophilus species

15

2.98

382

75.94

Staphylococcus epidermides

10

1.99

392

77.93

Streptococcus species

10

1.99

402

79.92

Enterococcus faecalis

7

1.39

409

81.31

ESBL Klebsiella pneumoniae

7

1.39

416

82.7

Haemophilus influenzae type B

6

1.19

422

83.9

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

5

0.99

427

84.89

Streptococcus group B

4

0.8

431

85.69

Acinetobacter baumanii

4

0.8

435

86.48

Klebsiella pneumoniae

4

0.8

439

87.28

Bacillus cereus

3

0.6

442

87.87

Micrococcus species

3

0.6

445

88.47

Gram negative bacilli

3

0.6

448

89.07

Serratia liquifaciens

3

0.6

451

89.66

Gram positive cocci

2

0.4

453

90.06

Listeria monocygenes

2

0.4

455

90.46

Staphylococcus capitis

2

0.4

457

90.85

Staphylococcus haemolyticus

2

0.4

459

91.25

Streptococcus group A

2

0.4

461

91.65

Streptococcus viridans group

2

0.4

463

92.05

Acinetobacter lwoffii

2

0.4

465

92.45

ESBL’s Escherichia coli

2

0.4

467

92.84

Klebsiella oxytoca

2

0.4

469

93.24

Neisseria meningitidis group C

2

0.4

471

93.64

Neisseria meningitidis W135

2

0.4

473

94.04

Neisseria species

2

0.4

475

94.43

Salmonella species

2

0.4

477

94.83

Serratia marcescens

2

0.4

479

95.23

Sphingomonas paucimobilis

2

0.4

481

95.63

Bacillus species

1

0.2

482

95.83

Diphtheroid organisms

1

0.2

483

96.02

Enterococcus faecium

1

0.2

484

96.22

Enterococcus species

1

0.2

485

96.42

Kocuria varians

1

0.2

486

96.62

Staphylococcus hominis

1

0.2

487

96.82

Staphylococcus saprophyticus

1

0.2

488

97.02

Staphylococcus simulans

1

0.2

489

97.22

Streptococcus agalacteae

1

0.2

490

97.42

Acinetobacter junii

1

0.2

491

97.61

Acinetobacter species

1

0.2

492

97.81

Aeromonas hydrophilia

1

0.2

493

98.01

Coliform bacillus

1

0.2

494

98.21

Enterobacter species

1

0.2

495

98.41

Haemophilus parainfluenzae

1

0.2

496

98.61

Klebsiella ozaenae

1

0.2

497

98.81

Moraxella species

1

0.2

498

99.01

Morganella morganii

1

0.2

499

99.2

Pseudomonas paucimobilis

1

0.2

500

99.4

Pseudomonas species

1

0.2

501

99.6

Salmonella omnivalent positive

1

0.2

502

99.8

Yersinia pestis

1

0.2

503

100

  1. Source: MEDITECH Database 2009–2012.
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