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Table 6 Distribution of microbial pathogens in the air and on surfaces in the operating theatres of Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Eastern Uganda

From: Contamination of microbial pathogens and their antimicrobial pattern in operating theatres of peri-urban eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study

 

Medium

 

Air (settle plate) [na=163]

Surface (Swab) [na=71]

p-value

Organism n (%)

 Pseudomonas spp

27 (48.2)

29 (51.8)

0.94

 Bacillus spp

32 (78.0)

9 (22.0)

0.15

 CoNS

23 (95.8)

1 (4.2)

0.02

 Enterobacter aerogens

6 (30.0)

14 (70.0)

0.30

 S. aureus

16 (88.9)

2 (1.1)

0.02

 E. coli

3 (25.0)

9 (75.0)

0.19

 Micrococcus spp

11 (91.7)

1 (8.3)

0.03

 P.aeruginosa

1 (25.0)

3 (75.0)

0.19

 Viridans Streptococcus

0 (0.0)

2 (100)

0.01

 E. faecalis

2 (100)

0 (0.0)

0.01

 Enterococcus spp

0 (0.0)

1 (100)

0.01

 Aspergillus spp

37 (100)

0 (0.0)

0.01

 Rhodotorula spp

4 (100)

0 (0.0)

0.01

 Rhizopus spp

1 (100)

0 (0.0)

0.01

  1. anumber of isolates