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Table 2 Number of bacteria isolated at each sampling points from hospital and non-hospital environments Gondar, 2012

From: Isolation and characterization of multiple drug resistance bacterial pathogens from waste water in hospital and non-hospital environments, Northwest Ethiopia

Bacterial isolates

Hospital env’t

Non hospital env’t

Total

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

E. coli

8 (12.3)

5 (10.4)

13 (11.5)

Klebsiella spp*

19 (29.2)

11 (22.9)

30 (26.6)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

14 (21.5)

5 (10.4)

19 (16.8)

Enterococci + CoNS**

5 (7.7)

3(6.3)

8 (7.1)

S. aureus

5 (7.7)

5 (10.4)

10 (8.8)

Shigella Spp

2 (3.1)

-

2 (1.8)

Citrobacter spp

5 (7.7)

8(16.7)

13 (11.5)

Enterobacter spp

2(3.1)

5 (10.4)

7 (6.2)

Others***

5 (7.7)

6 (12.5)

11 (9.7)

Total

65 (100)

48 (100)

113 (100)

  1. *Klebsiella spp. (K. Pneumoniae = 23; K. oxytoca =2; K. ozaenae =5).
  2. **CoNS = Coagulase Negative Staphylococci.
  3. ***Others (Providencia spp = 4; Morganella spp = 3; Proteus spp = 2; Serratia sp. =1; Edwardsiella sp. =1).