Table 1 Profile of patients, clinical specimens, and bacterial isolates

Sex

 Male

411

48.93

 Female

429

51.07

Age category (in years)

  < 5

169

20.12

 5 -15

77

9.17

  > 15

594

70.71

Clinical samples

 Urine

542

64.52

 Blood

160

19.05

 Sputum

17

2.02

 Wound/pus

72

8.57

 Cerebrospinal fluid

5

0.60

 Body fluid

16

1.90

 Discharge (ear/eye)

9

1.07

 Tracheal aspirate

19

2.26

Type of organism

 Gram-negative

826

98.33

 Gram-positive

14

1.67

Bacterial isolates

 Escherichia coli

432

51.43

 Klebsiella pneumoniae

225

26.79

 Klebsiella oxytoca

16

1.90

 Klebsiella ozaenae

17

2.02

 Enterobacter cloacae

41

4.88

 Citrobacter diversus

19

2.26

 Providencia alkalfacia

2

0.24

 Providencia rettgeri

3

0.36

 Proteus mirabilis

8

0.95

 Proteus vulgaris

1

0.12

 Providencia staurtti

3

0.36

 Morganella morgani

3

0.36

 Enterobacter aerogenes^a

2

0.24

 Citrobacter spp

20

2.38

 Staphylococcus aureus

14

1.67

 Enterobacter spp

2

0.24

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

7

0.83

 Acinetobacter spp

25

2.98