Microbes Responsible for Bloodstream Infections
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Bloodstream infections (BSIs) occur when microbes can enter the bloodstream as a severe complication of infections like pneumonia or meningitis, during surgery, or due to catheters and other foreign bodies invading the arteries or veins. Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are associated with significant patient sepsis-related morbidity and mortality across the globe.
A common list of etiological agents of bloodstream infections (BSI) is as follows-
| Type of Microbes | Organisms |
| Bacteria | Staphylococcus aureus |
| Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) | |
| Streptococcus pyogenes | |
| Streptococcus agalactiae | |
| Enterococcus species | |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | |
| Viridans streptococci | |
| Salmonella Typhi | |
| Salmonella Paratyphi | |
| Escherichia coli | |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | |
| Enterobacter cloacae | |
| Proteus species | |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | |
| Brucella species | |
| Virus | Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) |
| Epstein- Barr Virus | |
| Cytomegalovirus | |
| Fungi | Candida albicans |
| Cryptococcus neoformans | |
| Coccidiodes immitis | |
| Histoplasma Capsulatium | |
| Blastomyces dermatitidis | |
| Mucor species | |
| Aspergillus species | |
| Parasites | Plasmodium species |
| Trypanosoma | |
| Babesia | |
| Wuchereria | |
| Loa loa |
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