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Table 3 Distribution and rank order of bacterial isolates from the urine of patients with CAUTI

From: High incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections and related antibiotic resistance in two hospitals of different geographic regions of Sierra Leone: a prospective cohort study

Bacterial isolate

Rank order

Total no.

MH

MGH

N = 59

%

N = 38

%

N = 21

%

Escherichia coli

1

14

23.7

11

29.0

3

14.3

Klebsiella pneumoniae

2

10

17.0

7

18.4

3

14.3

Klebsiella oxytoca

3

8

13.6

6

15.8

2

9.5

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

4

5

8.5

4

10.5

1

4.8

Rhizobium radiobacter

4

5

8.5

2

5.3

3

14.3

Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus spp. (haemolyticus = 3 and sciuri = 1)

5

4

6.8

4

10.5

0

0.0

Enterococcus spp. (faecalis = 2, faecium = 1, casseliflavus = 1)

5

4

6.8

4

10.5

0

0.0

Acinetobacter baumannii complex

6

2

3.4

0

0.0

0

0.0

Bockholderia cepacia complex

6

2

3.4

0

0.0

2

9.5

Sphingomonas paucimobilis

7

1

1.7

1

2.6

0

0.0

Serratia ficario

7

1

1.7

0

0.0

1

4.8

Bordetella henzii

7

1

1.7

0

0.0

1

4.8

Proteus mirabilis

7

1

1.7

0

0.0

1

4.8

Methylobacterium spp.

7

1

1.7

0

0.0

1

4.8