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The predominant microbial distribution and antibiotic susceptibility were investigated among BSIs in the different intensive care units (ICUs)\u2014pediatric ICU (PICU), surgical ICU (SICU), cardiac ICU (CICU), respiratory ICU (RICU), and geriatric ICU (GICU)\u2014in order to achieve more efficient and appropriate therapies for patients in various ICUs.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> In this retrospective cross-sectional study, the blood specimens were collected from five different ICUs of Peking University First Hospital and comprehensive ICU of Miyun Teaching Hospital (Miyun ICU) before antimicrobial treatment from 2017 to 2020. Microorganism cultures of the blood samples were conducted, and positive cultures were tested for type of pathogens and drug susceptibility.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> The prevalence of BSIs was the highest in the Miyun ICU (10.85%), followed by the RICU (9.48%) and the PICU (8.36%). The total prevalence of Gram-positive bacterial strains (especially <jats:italic>Staphylococcus spp.<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Enterococcus spp.<\/jats:italic>) in the PICU (44.55%), SICU (57.58%), CICU (55.00%), GICU (49.06%), and Miyun ICU (57.58%) was higher than that of Gram-negative bacteria. The major bacterial strain was <jats:italic>Acinetobacter baumannii<\/jats:italic> in the PICU (21.82%); <jats:italic>Klebsiella pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> in the SICU (12.88%), CICU (30.00%), and RICU (30.39%); <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic> in the GICU (20.75%); and <jats:italic>Staphylococcus epidermidis<\/jats:italic> (18.18%) in the Miyun ICU. <jats:italic>Staphylococcus hominis<\/jats:italic> of BSIs remained highly susceptible (&amp;gt;70%) to gentamicin, linezolid, daptomycin, teicoplanin, vancomycin, tigecycline, and rifampicin in all the ICUs. Its antibiotic sensitivity to levofloxacin was moderate in the PICU and CICU, but mild (&amp;lt;30%) in the SICU, RICU, and GICU. <jats:italic>K<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> was highly susceptible to doxycycline, minocycline, and tigecycline in all the ICUs except the RICU, and its antibiotic sensitivity to imipenem, meropenem, amikacin, ciprofloxacin, and levofloxacin was high\/moderate in the PICU, CICU, GICU, and Miyun ICU, but mild in the SICU and RICU.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> The current study demonstrated the distribution of prevalent microorganisms, and their antimicrobial susceptibility exhibited a high divergence among BSIs in different ICUs from a tertiary hospital and an outer suburban hospital in Beijing. Therefore, different antibiotic therapies for various wards and distinct age groups (especially between pediatric and elderly patients) should be considered to control the emergence and spread of highly antibiotic-resistant infections.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmicb.2021.792282","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,9]],"date-time":"2021-12-09T13:03:42Z","timestamp":1639055022000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Microbial Distribution and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Bloodstream Infections in Different Intensive Care Units"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Nan","family":"Duan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Liying","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chenwei","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Haixia","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bin","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"98","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jinf.2005.10.021","article-title":"Epidemiology, risk factors and outcome of nosocomial infections in a respiratory intensive care unit in North India.","volume":"53","author":"Agarwal","year":"2006","journal-title":"J. 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