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Table 1 Isolate culture sites as a function of susceptibility status

From: Increased fluoroquinolone resistance with time in Escherichia coli from >17,000 patients at a large county hospital as a function of culture site, age, sex, and location

  

Number of isolates

 

Culture Site

S

I

R (%)

Includeda

Abscess

388

7

51 (11)

 

Blood

864

16

175 (17)

 

Exudate

602

2

84 (12)

 

Fluids

273

2

36 (12)

 

Genitals

259

1

2 (1)

 

Sputum

271

4

128 (32)

 

Urine

12,382

197

1,461 (11)

 

Wounds

237

1

32 (12)

Not included

Bone

4

0

5 (56)

 

Bone marrow

2

0

0 (0)

 

Bronchia

13

0

6 (32)

 

Catheter tip

38

3

24 (37)

 

Cerebrospinal fluid

12

0

0 (0)

 

Ear

7

0

0 (0)

 

Enteric

2

0

0 (0)

 

Eye

26

0

5 (16)

 

Miscellaneous Tissue

37

0

9 (20)

 

Respiratory Tract

21

0

3 (12)

 

Trachea

33

0

4 (11)

  1. aSubjected to statistical analyses. Culture sites with fewer than five "S," "I," or "R" isolates were not analyzed because of insufficient statistical power.
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