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Table 2 Isolation rates of bacteria in clinical samples collected from different site of infections occurred among patients at Debre Markos Referral Hospital (2011–2014)

From: Bacterial agents and antibiotic resistance profiles of infections from different sites that occurred among patients at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Type of isolated organism

Type of clinical specimens

Wound

(n = 238)

Ear

(n = 58)

Urine

(n = 108)

Stool

(n = 58)

Blood

(n = 41)

Urethral discharge

(n = 28)

Nasal/throat swab

(n = 12)

CSF

(n = 32)

Total

(n = 575)

S. aureus

70 (77.8)

18 (32.7)

3 (6.3)

–

2 (10.5)

4 (19)

3 (33.3)

–

100 (35.4)

E. coli

5 (5.6)

2 (3.6)

27 (60)

1 (2.9)

4 (21.1)

–

–

0

39 (13.9)

P. aeruginosa

6 (6.7)

19 (34.5)

5 (10.4)

0

0

–

–

–

30 (10.7)

Salmonella spp.

–

–

–

24 (68.6)

1 (5.3)

–

–

–

25 (8.9)

Shigella spp.

–

–

–

10 (28.6)

–

–

–

–

10 (3.6)

N. gonorrhoeae

–

–

–

–

0

16 (76.2)

0

0

16 (5.7)

S. pneumoniae

0

6 (10.9)

–

–

7 (36.8)

–

2 (22.2)

1

16 (5.7)

S. pyogenes

3 (3.3)

7 (12.7)

0

–

3 (15.8)

–

4 (44.4)

0

17 (6.1)

Klebsiella spp.

0

4 (7.3)

7 (14.6)

0

0

–

–

–

11 (3.9)

N. meningitidis

–

–

–

–

2 (10.5)

–

0

1

3 (1.1)

Proteus spp.

3 (3.3)

0

1 (2.1)

–

0

–

–

–

4 (1.4)

S. agalactiae

–

–

2 (4.2)

–

0

1 (4.8)

0

–

3 (1.1)

Enterobacter

3 (3.3)

0

0

–

–

–

–

–

3 (1.1)

Citrobacter

0

0

3 (6.3)

–

0

–

–

–

3 (1.1)

Total isolation rate

90 (32.1)

56 (20)

48 (17.1)

35 (12.5)

19 (6.8)

21 (7.5)

9 (3.2)

2 (0.7)

280 (100)

  1. n total number of clinical specimens processed to isolate pathogens