HAI Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance Report Data Tables, 2018-2021

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Table P7. The Top 15 SSI Pathogens Reported to NHSN Following Surgery Types1 with High Pathogen Volume, Pediatrics, 2018-2021

Table P7. The Top 15 SSI Pathogens Reported to NHSN Following Surgery Types1 with High Pathogen Volume, Pediatrics, 2018-2021
All Surgery Types1 Abdominal2 Orthopedic3 Neurosurgical4 Cardiac5
Pathogen # Pathogens % Pathogens Rank # Pathogens % Pathogens Rank # Pathogens % Pathogens Rank # Pathogens % Pathogens Rank # Pathogens % Pathogens Rank
Staphylococcus aureus 891 16.9 1 220 7.2 5 273 30.6 1 202 25.5 1 171 40.0 1
Escherichia coli 872 16.5 2 725 23.7 1 100 11.2 2 30 3.8 8 11 2.6 7
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 449 8.5 3 253 8.3 3 100 11.2 2 64 8.1 3 26 6.1 3
Coagulase-negative staphylococci 364 6.9 4 70 2.3 11 54 6.1 6 168 21.2 2 60 14.1 2
Viridans group streptococci 316 6.0 5 268 8.8 2 2 0.2 24 32 4.0 7 11 2.6 7
Enterococcus faecalis6 306 5.8 6 235 7.7 4 21 2.4 8 21 2.6 10 25 5.9 4
Enterobacter spp. 286 5.4 7 169 5.5 7 64 7.2 4 33 4.2 6 17 4.0 5
Bacteroides spp. 230 4.4 8 214 7.0 6 12 1.3 11 1 0.1 33 1 0.2 27
Select Klebsiella spp. 228 4.3 9 120 3.9 9 59 6.6 5 42 5.3 4 4 0.9 12
Candida albicans6 155 2.9 10 127 4.2 8 8 0.9 12 10 1.3 13 8 1.9 9
Other Enterococcus spp.6 119 2.3 11 107 3.5 10 8 0.9 12 0 0.0 . 2 0.5 21
Proteus spp. 82 1.6 12 30 1.0 14 40 4.5 7 4 0.5 17 3 0.7 14
Other Candida spp.6 80 1.5 13 46 1.5 13 7 0.8 15 20 2.5 11 6 1.4 10
Serratia spp. 74 1.4 14 17 0.6 18 13 1.5 10 26 3.3 9 17 4.0 5
Enterococcus faecium6 62 1.2 15 54 1.8 12 7 0.8 15 1 0.1 33 0 0.0 .
Other pathogen 768 14.5 405 13.2 124 13.9 139 17.5 65 15.2
Total 5,282 100.0 3,060 100.0 892 100.0 793 100.0 427 100.0

Note: Refer to Technical Resources for more information about the acronyms and terms used in this table.

Footnotes:

  1. The top 4 surgical categories by pathogen volume are shown in this table. “All surgery types” consists of all NHSN procedures codes combined, and is not limited to the 4 categories shown in the table.
  2. Some ranks are not shown: Citrobacter spp. (#15, 0.8%).
  3. Some rankings are not shown: Cutibacterium acnes (#9, 1.8%); Citrobacter spp. (tied for #12, 0.9%); Group A streptococci (tied for #15, 0.8%).
  4. Some rankings are not shown: Cutibacterium acnes (#5, 4.5%); Acinetobacter spp. (#12, 1.4%); Citrobacter spp. (#14, 0.9%); Micrococcus luteus and gram-positive coccus not specified (#15, 0.6%).
  5. Some rankings are not shown: Cutibacterium acnes (#11, 1.2%); Aspergillus fumigatus (tied for #12, 0.9%).
  6. When analyzed on the Genus-level for all procedures, Candida spp. ranked #8 (4.8%) and Enterococcus spp. ranked #3 (9.2%).