Isolation of virulent phages against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii recovered from inanimate objects of Jimma Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 1 Distribution of A. baumannii on inanimate objects at JMC, June-November, 2019

Sampled objects	Growth on MacA.^#		Presence of A. baumannii			P-value
Sampled objects	Yes	No	Yes	No	Total	P-value
Table	30	7	4(10.8%)	33 (89.1%)	37	0.033
Bedframe	17	20	3 (8.1%)	34 (91.89%)	37	0.114
Door handle	22	15	2 (5.4%)	35 (94.5%)	37	0.362
Floor	36	1	7 (18.9%)	30 (81%)	37	0.001
Others*	79	82	4 (2.5%)	157 (97.5%)	161
Total	184	125	20 (6.5%)	289 (93.5%)	309

*Others include a wall bulb switch, hand wash sink, IV stand, oxygen control valve, locker handle, circuits of mechanical ventilation, ventilator screen, ventilator screen button, and pulse oximetry
# MacConkey Agar medium

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