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Table 1 ESBL producing organisms in different specimens and among inpatients and outpatients

From: Prevalence of multiresistant gram-negative organisms in a tertiary hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania

Isolate (n)

ESBL N (%)

Inpatients ESBL %

Outpatients ESBL %

Escherichia coli (n = 127)

31 (24.4%)

26 (83.8%)

4 (16. 1%)

   Blood (n = 8)

7 (87.5%)

7

-

   Urine (n = 91)

9 (9.9%

6

3

   W/S (n = 26)

13 (50%)

12

1

   *Others (n = 2)

2 (100%)

1

-

Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 91)

58 (63.7%)

52(89.6%)

6 (10.4%)

   Blood (n = 31)

29 (93.5%)

29

-

   Urine (n = 32)

11 (34.4%)

5

6

   W/S (n = 26)

18 (66.6%)

18

-

   *Others (n = 2)

0 (100%)

  

Acinetobacter spp (n = 39)

7 (17.9%)

7 (100%)

0 (0%)

   Blood (n = 1)

1(100%)

1

-

   Urine (n = 4)

2(50%)

2

-

   W/S (n = 24)

4(16.6%)

4

-

   *Others (n = 10)

0

2

 

Proteus spp (n = 31)

2 (6.4%)

2 (100%)

0 (0%)

   Blood (n = 1)

0

0

-

   Urine (n = 6)

0

0

-

   W/S (n = 17)

1(68.6%)

1

-

   *Others (n = 7)

1(14.3%)

1

 

Other enterobacteria (n = 43)

12 (27.9%)

12 (100%)

0 (0%)

   Blood (n = 1)

-

-

-

   Urine (n = 17)

3(17.6%)

3

-

   W/S (n = 22)

9(40.9%)

9

-

   *Others (n = 3)

   

Pseudomonas spp (n = 46)

NA

NA

NA

   Blood (n = 1)

   

   Urine ( = 4)

   

   W/S (n = 30)

   

   * Others (n = 11)

NA

NA

NA

  1. *Others = Sputum, aspirates and bones chips, n = 377 (inpatients 283, out patients 94), NA = not applicable.