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Table 1 Frequency of pathogenica bacterial isolates from different specimen types at Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania

From: Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania

Organism

Blood (%)

Spinal fluid (%)

Urine (%)

Pusb(%)

Other (%)

Overall (%)

Gram-negative isolates

      

E. coli

27 (3.5)

0 (0.0)

1466 (44.2)

417 (12.3)

26 (21.8)

1936 (25.4)

Klebsiella spp.

91 (11.8)

8 (23.5)

1036 (31.3)

603 (17.9)

33 (27.7)

1771 (23.3)

Pseudomonas spp.

10 (1.3)

2 (5.9)

52 (1.6)

531 (15.7)

9 (7.6)

604 (7.9)

Proteus spp.

7 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

121 (3.7)

249 (7.4)

3 (2.5)

380 (5.0)

Enterobacter spp.

4 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

97 (2.9)

1 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

102 (1.3)

Salmonella spp.

37 (4.8)

2 (5.9)

6 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

4 (3.4)

49 (0.6)

N. gonorrhoeae

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

41 (1.2)

0 (0.0)

41 (0.5)

Haemophilus spp.

1 (0.1)

5 (14.7)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

6 (0.1)

Other GNR

32 (4.1)

7 (20.6)

12 (0.4)

184 (5.4)

10 (8.4)

245 (3.2)

Subtotal, Gram-negative isolates

209 (27.0)

24 (70.6)

2790 (84.2)

2026 (60.0)

85 (71.4)

5134 (67.4)

Gram-positive isolates

      

Staphylococcus aureus

72 (9.3)

1 (2.9)

362 (10.9)

1120 (33.2)

12 (10.1)

1567 (20.6)

Streptococcus pyogenes

1 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

160 (4.7)

2 (1.7)

163 (2.1)

Other streptococcic

39 (5.0)

3 (8.8)

52 (1.6)

58 (1.7)

13 (10.9)

165 (2.2)

Enterococci

3 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

64 (1.9)

3 (0.1)

1 (0.8)

71 (0.9)

S. pneumoniae

2 (0.3)

6 (17.6)

0 (0.0)

11 (0.3)

6 (5.0)

25 (0.3)

CoNSa

447 (57.8)

...

45 (1.4)

...

...

492 (6.5)

Subtotal, Gram-positive isolates

564 (73.0)

10 (29.4)

523 (15.8)

1352 (40.0)

34 (28.6)

2483 (32.6)

Total

773 (100.0)

34 (100.0)

3313 (100.0)

3378 (100.0)

119 (100.0)

7617 (100.0)

  1. GNR, Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, not further identified; CoNS, coagulase-negative staphylococci; "...", not applicable.a CoNS from blood and urine specimens are reported as possible pathogens, although many may be contaminants. CoNS from other specimen types are considered contaminants and not reported. b Pus includes swabs from skin, surgical and traumatic wounds, burns, umbilical cords, throat, nose, eye and ear discharge and genital swabs. c Streptococci other than S. pyogenes and S. pneumoniae, and streptococci not identified below genus level.