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Table 2 Bacterial isolates distribution by wards/units

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

Pathogen

Surgery

Paediatric

Medical

EMD

AICU

PREM/NICU

PICU

Total

n = 425 (%)

n = 1403 (%)

n = 790 (%)

n = 95 (%)

n = 113 (%)

n = 425 (%)

n = 79 (%)

n = 3330

Candida species.

9 (2.1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (3.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (1.27)

13

Citrobacter species.

10 (2.4)

3 (0.2)

7 (0.9)

0 (0)

1 (0.9)

5 (1.2)

1 (1.27)

27

Escherichia coli

9 (2.1)

11 (0.7)

13 (1.7)

5 (5.3)

1 (0.9)

2 (0.5)

0 (0)

41

Klebsiella pneumoniae

5 (1.2)

18 (1.3)

12 (1.5)

2 (2.1)

0 (0)

28 (6.6)

0 (0)

65

Other gram-positivea

0 (0)

3 (0.2)

0 (0)

3 (3.2)

0 (0)

1 (0.2)

1 (1.27)

8

Other gram-negativeb

33 (7.8)

31 (2.2)

25 (3.2)

6 (6.3)

6 (5.3)

29 (6.8)

2 (2.5)

132

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

7 (1.7)

4 (0.3)

7 (0.9)

1 (1.1)

1 (0.9)

4 (0.9)

0 (0)

24

Staphylococcus aureus

17 (4)

36 (2.6)

16 (2.0)

2 (2.1)

4 (3.5)

24 (5.7)

1 (1.27)

100

Salmonella species.

1 (0.2)

17 (1.2)

2 (0.3)

0 (0)

1 (0.9)

1 (0.2)

1 (1.27)

23

Streptococcus species.

0 (0)

3 (0.2)

0 (0)

1 (1.1)

0 (0)

2 (0.5)

0 (0)

6

Total

91 (21.5)

126 (8.9)

82 (10.5)

23 (24.4)

14 (12.4)

96 (22.6)

7 (8.9)

439

  1. PREM premature unit, AICU adult ICU, NICU neonatal ICU, PICU paediatric ICU, EMD emergency medicine department
  2. aOther gram-positive: Enterococcus species. n = 7 and Staphylococcus saprohyticus n = 1
  3. bOther gram-negative: Unidentified n = 106, Enterobacter species. n = 12, Proteus mirabilis n = 6, Proteus vulgaris n = 4, Shigella species. n = 4