Table 1 Distribution of isolates by type of microorganism and prevalence of ESBL.
| Â | Al-Nasser | Al-Rantisi | Al-Durrah | Beit Hanoun | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Frequency | 150 | 46.6 | 59 | 18.3 | 77 | 24 | 36 | 11.1 | 322 | 100 |
ESBL | 81 | 54 | 31 | 52.5 | 35 | 46 | 19 | 52.8 | 166 | 51.6 |
E. coli | 74 | 49.3 | 34 | 57.6 | 43 | 56 | 19 | 52.8 | 170 | 52.7 |
K. pneumoniae | 33 | 22 | 10 | 16.9 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 16.6 | 66 | 20.4 |
P. aeruginosa | 14 | 9.3 | 8 | 13.5 | 3 | 3.8 | 3 | 8.3 | 28 | 8.6 |
Acinetobacter spp. | 11 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5.5 | 21 | 6.5 |
P. mirabilis | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 1 | 2.7 | 9 | 2.7 |
Enterobacter spp. | 7 | 4.6 | 1 | 1.6 | 4 | 5.1 | 3 | 8.3 | 14 | 4.3 |
Citrobacter spp. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1.6 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 5.5 | 13 | 4 |
 S. marcescens | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 |