Catheter-related infection in gastrointestinal fistula patients

Table 1 Organisms present in 88 catheters

	No. of bacteria	Percent (%)
Gram-negative bacteria		56.8
Enterobacteriaceae
Enterobacter cloacae	6	6.3
Escherichia coli	5	5.3
Non- identified Gram-negative bacteria	4	4.2
Klebsiella pneumoniae	1	1.1
Non-ferment gram negative rods
Pseudomonas	20	21.1
Acinetobacter baumannii	7	7.3
Bacterium aeruginosa	5	5.3
Corynebacterium diphtheriae	4	4.2
Acinetobacter lwoffii	2	2.1
Gram-positive bacteria		36.8
Staphylococcus epidermidis	9	9.4
Staphylococcus haemolyticus	7	7.3
Tetrads	4	4.2
Staphylococcus aureus	4	4.2
Enterococcus sp.	4	4.2
Streptococcus viridans	2	2.1
Staphylococcus hominis	2	2.1
Staphylococcus warneri	2	2.1
Staphylococcus simulans	1	1.1
Fungus		6.4
Candida	5	5.3
Saccharomyces	1	1.1
Total	95	100