NHSN Pathogen Descriptions and Codes Description Code Acinetobacter baumannii ‐ ACBA ACBA Adenovirus ‐ ADV ADV Bacteroides fragilis ‐ BF BF Burkholderia cepacia ‐ BURCE BURCE Candida albicans ‐ CA CA Candida glabrata ‐ CG CG Candida parapsilosis ‐ CP CP Candida tropicalis ‐ CT CT Citrobacter diversus ‐ CITKO CITKO*1 Citrobacter freundii ‐ CF CF Citrobacter koseri ‐ CITKO CITKO Clostridium difficile ‐ CD CD Cytomegalovirus ‐ CMV CMV Enterobacter aerogenes ‐ EA EA Enterobacter cloacae ‐ ENC ENC Enterococcus faecalis ‐ ENTFS ENTFS Enterococcus faecium ‐ ENTFM ENTFM Enterovirus ‐ ENTRO ENTRO Escherichia coli ‐ EC EC H1N1 Novel Influenza A virus ‐ H1N1 H1N1 Haemophilus influenzae type unspecified ‐ HIU HIU Haemophilus influenzae, not type b ‐ HI HI Hepatitis type B ‐ HB HB Herpes simplex type 1 ‐ HSV1 HSV1 Influenzae A ‐ FLUA FLUA Influenzae B ‐ FLUB FLUB Klebsiella oxytoca ‐ KO KO Klebsiella pneumoniae ‐ KP KP Moraxella catarrhalis ‐ MORCA MORCA Morganella morganii ‐ MORMO MORMO Parainfluenzae ‐ PFLU PFLU Proteus mirabilis ‐ PM PM Pseudomonas aeruginosa ‐ PA PA Respiratory Syncytial virus ‐ RSV RSV Rotavirus ‐ ROTA ROTA Serratia marcescens ‐ SM SM Staphylococcus aureus ‐ SA SA Staphylococcus auricularis ‐ STARR STAAR Staphylococcus capitis ssp. capitis ‐ STACC STACC Staphylococcus capitis ssp. unspecified ‐ STACS STACS Staphylococcus capitis ssp. urealyticus ‐ STACU STACU Staphylococcus coagulase negative ‐ CNS CNS Staphylococcus cohnii ‐ STACO STACO Revised: NHSN version 6.2 (May 2010) 1 NHSN Pathogen Descriptions and Codes Description Code Staphylococcus epidermidis ‐ SE SE Staphylococcus gallinarum ‐ STAGA STAGA Staphylococcus haemolyticus ‐ STAHA STAHA Staphylococcus hominis ‐ STAHO STAHO Staphylococcus lentus ‐ STALE STALE Staphylococcus lugdunensis ‐ STALU STALU Staphylococcus saccharolyticus ‐ anaer. STASL STASL Staphylococcus saprophyticus ‐ STASA STASA Staphylococcus schleiferi ‐ STASH STASH Staphylococcus sciuri ‐ STASC STASC Staphylococcus simulans ‐ STASI STASI Staphylococcus warneri ‐ STAWA STAWA Staphylococcus xylosus ‐ STAXY STAXY Stenotrophomonas maltophilia ‐ STEMA STEMA Streptococcus group A ‐ GAS GAS Streptococcus group B ‐ GBS GBS Streptococcus group D ‐ GDS GDS Streptococcus pneumoniae ‐ SP SP Torulopsis glabrata ‐ CG CG*1 Varicella‐zoster ‐ VZ VZ Abiotrophia spp. ‐ ABISP ABISP Acanthamoeba ‐ ACANT ACANT Achromobacter spp. ‐ ACHSP ACHSP Achromobacter xylosoxidans ‐ ALCXYL ALCXYL Achromobacter xylosoxidans xylosoxidans ‐ ACHXYL ACHXYL Achromobacter, group Vd biotype 1 ‐ ACHVD1 ACHVD1 Achromobacter, group Vd biotype 2 ‐ ACHVD2 ACHVD2 Acidaminococcus fermentans ‐ ACIFE ACIFE Acidaminococcus spp. ‐ ACISP ACISP Acidovorax delafieldii ‐ ACDEL ACDEL Acidovorax spp. ‐ ACIDSP ACIDSP Acinetobacter calcoaceticus ‐ ACICBA ACICBA Acinetobacter calcoaceticus‐baumannii complex ‐ ACCA ACCA Acinetobacter genospecies 3 ‐ ACIGEN ACIGEN Acinetobacter haemolyticus ‐ ACHA ACHA Acinetobacter johnsonii ‐ ACJH ACJH Acinetobacter junii ‐ ACJU ACJU Acinetobacter lwoffii ‐ ACLW ACLW Acinetobacter spp. ‐ ACS ACS Acremonium spp. ‐ ACRE ACRE Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans ‐ HAEACT HAEACT*1 Actinobacillus equuli ‐ ACBEQ ACBEQ Actinobacillus lignieresii ‐ ACBLI ACBLI Revised: NHSN version 6.2 (May 2010) 2 NHSN Pathogen Descriptions and Codes Description Code Actinobacillus spp. ‐ ACBSP ACBSP Actinobacillus suis ‐ ACBSU ACBSU Actinobacillus ureae ‐ ACURE ACURE Actinomyces bovis ‐ ACTBO ACTBO Actinomyces georgiae ‐ ACTGE ACTGE Actinomyces gerencseriae ‐ ACTGR ACTGR Actinomyces israelii ‐ ACTIS ACTIS Actinomyces meyeri ‐ ACTME ACTME Actinomyces naeslundii ‐ ACTNA ACTNA Actinomyces odontolyticus ‐ ACTOD ACTOD Actinomyces pyogenes ‐ ARCPY ARCPY*1 Actinomyces spp. ‐ ACTSP ACTSP Actinomyces viscosus ‐ ACTVI ACTVI Aerococcus spp. ‐ AESP AESP Aerococcus urinae ‐ AEUR AEUR Aerococcus viridans ‐ AEVI AEVI Aeromonas caviae ‐ AERPUN AERPUN*1 Aeromonas hydrophila ‐ AH AH Aeromonas jandaei ‐ AERJA AERJA Aeromonas media ‐ AERME AERME Aeromonas punctata ‐ AERPUN AERPUN Aeromonas salmonicida ‐ AERSA AERSA Aeromonas schubertii ‐ AERSC AERSC Aeromonas sobria ‐ AERSOB AERSOB Aeromonas spp. ‐ AES AES Aeromonas trota ‐ AERTR AERTR Aeromonas veronii ‐ AEVER AEVER Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria ‐ AERSO AERSO Aeromonas veronii biovar veronii ‐ AERVE AERVE Agrobacterium spp. ‐ AGSP AGSP Agrobacterium tumefaciens ‐ AGTU AGTU Alcaligenes faecalis ‐ ALFE ALFE Alcaligenes piechaudii ‐ ALPIE ALPIE Alcaligenes spp. ‐ ALSP ALSP Alcaligenes xylosoxidans subsp. denit ‐ ALDE ALDE Alcaligenes xylosoxidans subsp. xylosox. ‐ ALXY ALXY Alternaria spp. ‐ ALTER ALTER Anaerobe NOS ‐ ANS ANS Anaerobiospirillum spp. ‐ ANSP ANSP Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens ‐ ANSU ANSU Anaerococcus lactolyticus ‐ ANALAC ANALAC Anaerococcus prevotii ‐ ANAPRE ANAPRE Anaerococcus spp. ‐ ANASP ANASP Revised: NHSN version 6.2 (May 2010) 3 NHSN Pathogen Descriptions and Codes Description Code Anaerococcus tretradius ‐ ANATET ANATET Anaerococcus vaginalis ‐ ANAVAG ANAVAG Anaerorhabdus furcosus ‐ ANRFU ANRFU Anaerorhabdus spp. ‐ ANRSP ANRSP Ancylostoma spp. ‐ ANCYC ANCYC Angiostrongylus spp. ‐ ANGIO ANGIO Arcanobacterium haemolyticum ‐ ARCHA ARCHA Arcanobacterium pyogenes ‐ ARCPY ARCPY Arcanobacterium spp. ‐ ARCSP ARCSP Arcobacter cryaerophilus ‐ CMPCR CMPCR*1 Arcobacter nitrofigilis ‐ ACONI ACONI Arcobacter spp. ‐ ACOSP ACOSP Arenavirus type unspecified ‐ ARETU ARETU Ascaris spp. ‐ ASCAR ASCAR Aspergillus flavus ‐ AF AF Aspergillus fumigatus ‐ ASPFU ASPFU Aspergillus niger ‐ ASPNI ASPNI Aspergillus oryzae ‐ ASPOR ASPOR Aspergillus spp. ‐ ASU ASU Astrovirus type unspecified ‐ ASTTU ASTTU Atopobium minutum ‐ ATOMIN ATOMIN Atopobium parvulum ‐ ATOPAR ATOPAR Atopobium rimae ‐ ATORIM ATORIM Atopobium spp. ‐ ATOSP ATOSP Babesia spp. ‐ BABES BABES Babesia microti ‐ BABMI BABMI Bacillus anthracis ‐ BA BA Bacillus cereus ‐ BC BC Bacillus circulans ‐ BACCIR BACCIR Bacillus coagulans ‐ BACCOA BACCOA Bacillus firmus ‐ BACFIR BACFIR Bacillus lentus ‐ BACLEN BACLEN Bacillus licheniformis ‐ BACLIC BACLIC Bacillus megaterium ‐ BACMEG BACMEG Bacillus pumilus ‐ BACPUM BACPUM Bacillus species not Bacillus anthracis ‐ BACNANT BACNANT Bacillus sphaericus ‐ BACSPH BACSPH Bacillus spp. ‐ BSP BSP Bacillus stearothermophilus ‐ BACSTE BACSTE Bacillus subtilis ‐ BSU BSU Bacillus subtilis group ‐ BACSUG BACSUG Bacillus thuringiensis ‐ BACTHU BACTHU Bacteroides caccae ‐ BACCC BACCC Revised: NHSN version 6.2 (May 2010) 4 NHSN Pathogen Descriptions and Codes Description Code Bacteroides capillosus ‐ BACCA BACCA Bacteroides coagulans ‐ BACCG BACCG Bacteroides distasonis ‐ BACDT BACDT Bacteroides eggerthii ‐ BACEG BACEG Bacteroides forsythus ‐ BACFO BACFO Bacteroides gracilis ‐ CAMGR CAMGR*1 Bacteroides levii ‐ PORLE PORLE*1 Bacteroides merdae ‐ BACMR BACMR Bacteroides ovatus ‐ BACOV BACOV Bacteroides pneumosintes ‐ BACPN BACPN Bacteroides putredinis ‐ BACPU BACPU Bacteroides splanchnicus ‐ BACSP BACSP Bacteroides spp. ‐ BAS BAS Bacteroides stercoris ‐ BACST BACST Bacteroides tectum ‐ BACTE BACTE Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron ‐ BACTH BACTH Bacteroides uniformis ‐ BACUN BACUN Bacteroides ureolyticus ‐ BACUR BACUR Bacteroides vulgatus ‐ BACVU BACVU Balantidium ‐ BALAN BALAN Bartonella bacilliformis ‐ BARBA BARBA Bartonella henselae ‐ BARHEN BARHEN Bartonella quintana ‐ BARQUI BARQUI Bartonella spp. ‐ BARSP BARSP Bartonella vinsonii ‐ BARVIN BARVIN Basidiobolus spp. ‐ BASID BASID Beauveria spp. ‐ BEAUV BEAUV Bergeyella zoohelcum ‐ BERZOO BERZOO Bifidobacterium bifidum ‐ BIFBI BIFBI Bifidobacterium breve ‐ BIFBR BIFBR Bifidobacterium dentium ‐ BIFDE BIFDE Bifidobacterium infantis ‐ BIFINF BIFINF Bifidobacterium longum ‐ BIFLO BIFLO Bifidobacterium spp. ‐ BIFSP BIFSP Bilophila spp. ‐ BILSP BILSP Bilophila wadsworthia ‐ BILWA BILWA Blastomyces dermatitidis ‐ BLADE BLADE Blastomyces spp. ‐ BLASP BLASP Blastoschizomyces pseudotrichosporon ‐ BLACAP BLACAP Bordetella avium ‐ BORAVI BORAVI Bordetella bronchiseptica ‐ BORBR BORBR Bordetella parapertussis ‐ BORPA BORPA Bordetella pertussis ‐ BORPE BORPE Revised: NHSN version 6.2 (May 2010) 5 NHSN Pathogen Descriptions and Codes Description Code Bordetella spp. ‐ BORSP BORSP Borrelia burgdorferi ‐ BOBU BOBU Borrelia garinii ‐ BOGA BOGA Borrelia hermsii ‐ BOHE BOHE Borrelia parkeri ‐ BOPA BOPA Borrelia recurrentis ‐ BORE BORE Borrelia spp. ‐ BOSP BOSP Borrelia turicatae ‐ BOTU BOTU Brevibacillus brevis ‐ BREBRE BREBRE Brevibacillus laterosporus ‐ BRELAT BRELAT Brevibacillus spp. ‐ BREVISP BREVISP Brevibacterium casei ‐ BRVCAS BRVCAS Brevibacterium epidermidis ‐ BRVEPI BRVEPI Brevibacterium spp. ‐ BRVSP BRVSP Brevundimonas diminuta ‐ BREDIM BREDIM Brevundimonas spp. ‐ BREVUSP BREVUSP Brevundimonas vesicularis ‐ BREVES BREVES Brucella abortus ‐ BRAB BRAB Brucella canis ‐ BRCA BRCA Brucella melitensis ‐ BRME BRME Brucella spp. ‐ BRSP BRSP Brucella suis ‐ BRSU BRSU Budvicia aquatiqua ‐ BUDAQ BUDAQ Budvicia spp. ‐ BUDSP BUDSP Bunyavirus California encephalitis group ‐ BUNCE BUNCE Bunyavirus Crimean‐Congo hemorrhagic ‐ BUNCC BUNCC Bunyavirus Rift Valley fever ‐ BUNRV BUNRV Bunyavirus type unspecified ‐ BUNTU BUNTU Burkholderia gladioli ‐ BURGL BURGL Burkholderia mallei ‐ BURMA BURMA Burkholderia pickettii ‐ RALPIC RALPIC*1 Burkholderia pseudomallei ‐ BURPM BURPM Burkholderia spp. ‐ BURSP BURSP Buttiauxella agrestis ‐ BUTAG BUTAG Buttiauxella noackiae ‐ BUTNO BUTNO Buttiauxella spp. ‐ BUTSP BUTSP Calicivirus ‐ CALIV CALIV Calymmatobacterium granulomatis ‐ KLEGRA KLEGRA*1 Calymmatobacterium spp. ‐ CALSP CALSP Campylobacter coli ‐ CAMCL CAMCL Campylobacter concisus ‐ CAMCL CAMCL*1 Campylobacter