Table 3 Microbiological results of all included patients

  Enterobacter cloacae/aerogenes

5

–

4

  Escherichia coli

2

–

1

  Klebsiella pneumoniae/oxytoca

4

5

7

  Serratia marcescens

1

–

1

  Acinetobacter baumanii

–

2

1

  Pseudomonas aeruginosa

3

–

2

  Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

1

–

2

  Staphylococcus aureus

5

1

9

  Coagulase negative staphylococci^a

–

3

1

  Streptococcus spp.^b

1

–

–

  Enterococcus faecalis

–

1

–

  Candida albicans

–

1

–

  Aspergillus fumigatus

1

–

–

  Morganella morganii

–

1

–

  Burkholderia cepacea

–

1

–

  Rothia spp.

–

1

–

Number of microorganisms

23

16

28

Number of patients

17

11

28