Skip to main content

Table 1 Profile of ESBL producing Entrobacteriaceae in different hospital environmental samples at the University of Gondar Referral Hospital, January–June 2014

From: Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing Entrobacteriaceae in the University of Gondar Referral Hospital environments, northwest Ethiopia

ESBL producing Entrobacteriaceae

Types of samples

Bed side table

N = 70 (N, %)

Bed frame

N = 69 (N, %)

Floor

N = 69 (N, %)

Wall

N = 69 (N, %)

Door handler

N = 34 (N, %)

Waiting chair

N = 31 (N, %)

Sink

N = 22 (N, %)

Waste water

N = 15 (N, %)

Café chair

N = 5 (N, %)

E. coli

3 (4.3)

3 (4.3)

1 (1.4)

1 (1.4)

1 (2.9)

1 (3.2)

3 (13.6)

7 (46.7)

0 (0.0)

K. pneumoniae

8 (11.4)

2 (2.9)

1 (1.4)

1 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

1 (3.2)

4 (18.1)

7 (46.7)

0 (0.0)

K. ozenae

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (3.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

P. mirabilis

1 (1.4)

1 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (9.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

E. cloace

0 (0.0)

1 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

E. aerogens

1 (1.4)

1 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Citrobacter

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

P. stuart

0 (0.0)

1 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (4.5)

0 (.0)

0 (0.0)

Sum = 57

13 (22.8)

9 (13.0)

3 (4.3)

2 (2.9)

1 (2.9)

2 (3.5)

13 (59.0)

14 (24.6)

0 (0.0)

  1. ESBL producing Entrobacteriaceae were isolated mainly from the medical ward (52.63%), sewage (24.56%) and surgical ward (10.53%). No Entrobacteriaceae were isolated from hospital café chairs (Table 2)