Table 4 General distribution of microbial pathogens in the different operating theatres of Mbale Regional Hospital, Eastern Uganda
| Â | Theatre | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ophthalmology (n = 91) | Gynaecology (n = 62) | General-private (n = 35) | General-Public (n = 46) | N = 234 | |
Organism n (%) | |||||
 Pseudomonas spp | 20 (35.7) | 16 (28) | 11 (19.6) | 9 (16.1) |  |
 Bacillus spp | 17 (41.5) | 12 (29.3) | 6 (14.6) | 6 (14.6) |  |
 CoNS | 13 (54.2) | 4 (16.7) | 0 (0) | 7 (29.2) |  |
 Enterobacter aerogens | 9 (45) | 4 (20) | 2 (10) | 5 (25) |  |
 S. aureus | 4 (22.2) | 8 (44.4) | 3 (16.7) | 3 (16.7) |  |
 E. coli | 6 (50) | 2 (16.7) | 2 (16.7) | 2 (16.7) |  |
 Micrococcus spp | 5 (41.7) | 5 (41.7) | 1 (8.3) | 1 (8.3) |  |
 P. aeruginosa | 3 (75) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (25) |  |
 Viridans Streptococcus | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | 0 (0) |  |
 E. faecalis | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 1 (50) |  |
 Enterococcus spp | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |  |
 Aspergillus spp | 12 (32.4) | 8 (21.6) | 7 (18.9) | 10 (27) |  |
 Rhodotorula spp | 1 (25) | 2 (50) | 0 (0) | 1 (25) |  |
 Rhizopus spp | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |  |
Total N (%) | 91 (36.8) | 63 (25.5) | 40 (16.2) | 53 (21.5) | 234 (100.0%) |