Table 1 Absolute and percentage frequency distribution of pathogen classes in the overall population (MDROs: multi-drug-resistant organisms; M/OR CNS: methicillin (oxacillin) resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci; MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)

Coagulase-negative staphylococci

7

36.6 %

Staphylococcus epidermitis

5

26.3 %

Staphylococcus capitis

1

5.3 %

Staphylococcus warnei

1

5.3 %

 thereof M/OR CNS

4

21.0 %

Staphylococcus aureus

3

15.8 %

 thereof MRSA

1

5.3 %

Bacillus subtilis

1

5.3 %

Enterococcus faecalis

1

5.3 %

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1

5.3 %

Escherichia coli

1

5.3 %

 overall MDROs

5

26.0 %

no microbial detection

5

26.0 %