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

Pediatric Data Tables

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Table P3. The Top 15 HAI Pathogens Reported to NHSN, Pediatrics, 2018 – 20211

Table P3: The Top 15 HAI Pathogens Reported to NHSN, Pediatrics, 2018 – 20211
Pathogen # Pathogens % Pathogens Rank
Staphylococcus aureus 3,385 14.9 1
Escherichia coli 2,910 12.8 2
Coagulase-negative staphylococci 2,557 11.3 3
Enterococcus faecalis2 2,028 8.9 4
Select Klebsiella spp. 1,946 8.6 5
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1,413 6.2 6
Enterobacter spp. 1,191 5.2 7
Viridans group streptococci 1,160 5.1 8
Other Candida spp.2 728 3.2 9
Serratia spp. 580 2.6 10
Candida albicans2 562 2.5 11
Enterococcus faecium2 400 1.8 12
Other Enterococcus spp.2 325 1.4 13
Bacteroides spp. 276 1.2 14
Citrobacter spp. 192 0.8 15
Other pathogen 3,037 13.4
Total 22,690 100.0

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

Footnotes:

  1. Supplemental data tables [ZIP – 144 KB] are available for download that contain HAI pathogen distributions for each year individually.
  2. When analyzed at the genus-level, Enterococcus ranked #3 (12.1%) and Candida spp. ranked #7 (6.2%).