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Table 1 Bacterial isolates distribution by specimens

From: Antimicrobial resistance pattern: a report of microbiological cultures at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania

Pathogen

CSF

Blood

Urine

Aspirates

Pus swabs

Sputum

Stool

Total

n = 303 (%)

n = 2238(%)

n = 307(%)

n = 148 (%)

n = 206(%)

n = 86(%)

n = 42(%)

n = 3330(%)

Candida species.

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.33)

0 (0)

12 (5.8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

13

Citrobacter species.

0 (0)

11 (0.5)

4 (1.3)

0 (0)

9 (4.4)

3 (3.48)

0 (0)

27

Escherichia coli

1 (0.33)

9 (0.4)

22 (7.2)

0 (0)

8 (3.9)

1 (1.16)

0 (0)

41

Klebsiella pneumoniae

1 (0.33)

42 (1.9)

15 (4.9)

0 (0)

3 (1.45)

4 (4.65)

0 (0)

65

Other gram-positivea

0 (0)

4 (0.2)

3 (0.9)

0 (0)

1 (0.5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

8

Other gram-negativeb

1 (0.33)

54 (2.4)

35 (11.4)

1 (0.67)

24 (11.65)

14 (16.3)

3 (7.14)

132

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

0 (0)

5 (0.22)

2 (0.7)

0 (0)

14 (6.8)

3 (3.48)

0 (0)

24

Staphylococcus aureus

0 (0)

80 (3.6)

1 (0.33)

0 (0)

18 (8.7)

1 (1.16)

0 (0)

100

Salmonella species.

0 (0)

22 (0.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.48)

0 (0)

0 (0)

23

Streptococcus species.

1 (0.33)

4 (0.2)

1 (0.33)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

6

Total

4 (1.32)

231 (10.32)

84 (27.39)

1 (0.67)

90 (43.68)

26 (30.23)

3 (7.14)

439 (13.2)

  1. aOther gram-positive: Enterococcus species. n = 7 and Staphylococcus saprohyticus n = 1
  2. bOther gram-negative: Unidentified n = 106, Enterobacter species. n = 12, Proteus mirabilis n = 6, Proteus vulgaris n = 4, Shigella species. n = 4
  3. CSF cerebrospinal fluid