Uncommon pathogens involved in bacteraemia, England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2001-2006
This report concerns bacteria identified from blood cultures and reported voluntarily by laboratories in England, Wales and North Ireland, from 2001 to 2006. The reports were made to the Health Protection Agency’s Centre for Infections. Data were extracted on 11 December 2007.
Uncommon pathogens involved in bacteraemia are defined as organisms from genera with small numbers of reports in 2006.
There were between 50 and 100 reports for each of Gemella spp, Prevotella spp, Sphingomonas spp and Ochrobactrum spp involved in bacteraemia during 2006.There were a further 23 genera with between 10 and 50 reports and 46 genera with less than 10 reports during 2006.
There appear to be no discernable trends or clusters identifiable by the data presented here. Analyses of the individual genera are not possible due to the small number of cases reported.
Some of these voluntary reports provide further details on clinical history, e.g. history of recent surgery, recent travel history, and risk factors (e.g. use of an intravascular line). This limited information does not include details of the clinical significance of the infection, whether it was acquired in the community or in hospital, or whether or not it was identified and treated as the cause of the clinical condition.
Specific queries about this report can be sent to hcai.amrdivision@hpa.org.uk
Tables for downloading
Previous publications
Health Protection Agency. Uncommon pathogens involved in bacteraemia, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Commun Dis Rep CDR Weekly [serial online] 16 (51)
Uncommon pathogens: 2001-2005 (PDF, 131 KB)
Uncommon pathogens: 2001-2005 species totals (PDF, 97 KB)
