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

Pediatric Data Tables

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Table P5. The Top 15 CAUTI Pathogens Reported to NHSN, Pediatrics, 2018-2021

Table P5. The Top 15 CAUTI Pathogens Reported to NHSN, Pediatrics, 2018-2021
All Reporting Facility & Location Types1
(n=268 facilities)
Pathogen # Pathogens % Pathogens Rank
Escherichia coli 529 32.0 1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 328 19.8 2
Enterococcus faecalis2 195 11.8 3
Select Klebsiella spp. 168 10.2 4
Enterobacter spp. 99 6.0 5
Coagulase-negative staphylococci 72 4.4 6
Citrobacter spp. 44 2.7 7
Staphylococcus aureus 32 1.9 8
Proteus spp. 31 1.9 9
Other Enterococcus spp.2 29 1.8 10
Enterococcus faecium2 28 1.7 11
Serratia spp. 27 1.6 12
Morganella spp. 11 0.7 13
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia 10 0.6 14
Acinetobacter spp. 8 0.5 15
Other pathogen 42 2.5
Total 1,653 100.0

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

Footnotes:

  1. There were no differences in the CAUTI pathogen distributions across facility or location types.
  2. When analyzed at the genus-level, Enterococcus ranked #3 (15.2%).