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Table 2 Number and percentage of women colonised with more than one potentially pathogenic bacterial isolates

From: Vaginal colonisation of women in labour with potentially pathogenic bacteria: a cross sectional study at three primary health care facilities in Central Uganda

Combination of bacteria isolated

N = 1472 (%)

Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae

10 (0.7)

Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp.

10 (0.7)

Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus

9 (0.6)

Escherichia coli and Enterobacter spp.

6 (0.4)

Escherichia coli and Citrobacter spp.

5 (0.3)

Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterococcus spp.

4 (0.3)

Escherichia coli and Escherichia coli

4 (0.3)

Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus aureus

4 (0.3)

Klebsiella pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus

3 (0.2)

Klebsiella pneumoniae and Citrobacter spp.

3 (0.2)

Escherichia coli and Klebsiella oxytoca

2 (0.1)

Klebsiella oxytoca and Citrobacter spp.

2 (0.1)

Ten other combinationsa

1 (0.1)

  1. aIncludes: K. pneumoniae and Pseudomonas spp.; Acinetobacter spp. and S. aureus; E. coli and Proteus mirabilis; Enterococcus spp. and Citrobacter spp.; E. coli and Acinetobacter spp.; E. coli and Pseudomonas spp.; K. pneumoniae and K. pneumoniae; E. coli, Citrobacter spp., and S. aureus; E. coli, Pseudomonas spp., and S. aureus; E. coli, Enterococcus spp., and S. aureus