Table 2 The distribution of ESBL producing Entrobacteriaceae in different sites of the hospital environment at the University of Gondar Referral Hospital, northwest Ethiopia, January–June 2014
Bacterial isolates | Sites of environmental samples | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medical ward n = 188 (N, %) | Surgical ward n = 70 (N, %) | Gyn-obs ward n = 52 (N, %) | Fistula clinic n = 29 (N, %) | Eye clinic n = 25 (N, %) | Sewage n = 15 (N, %) | Café chairs n = 5 (N, %) | |
E. coli | 12 (6.3) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (46.7) | 0 (0.0) |
K. pneumoniae | 14 (7.4) | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.0) | 7 (46.7) | 0 (0.0) |
K. ozenae | 1 (0.5) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
P. mirabilis | 2 (1.0) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.4) | 1 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
E. cloacae | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
E. aerogens | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (8.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Citrobacter spp | 1 (0.5) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
P. stuart | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Total | 30 (52.6) | 6 (10.5) | 3 (5.3) | 1 (1.8) | 3 (5.3) | 14 (24.6) | 0 (0.0) |