Table 2.
Most common bacterial isolates at AIC Kijabe Hospital by year
| Organism | No. of isolates (%) | 2016* | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staphylococcus, coagulase negative‡ | 1,531 (51) | 360 | 394 | 471 | 191 | 115 |
| Escherichia coli | 720 (24) | 101 | 148 | 199 | 203 | 69 |
| Klebsiella spp. | 464 (15) | 79 | 108 | 135 | 94 | 48 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 110 (4) | 36 | 23 | 31 | 12 | 8 |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 63 (2) | 14 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| Acinetobacter baumannii | 50 (2) | 8 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 4 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 39 (1) | 6 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| Serratia fonticola | 31 (1) | – | 5 | 14 | 6 | 6 |
*
Data from 2016 started in February.
†
Data from 2020 is incomplete (January–September) because of the supply-chain burden induced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
‡
Not considered pathogenic at AIC Kijabe Hospital outside of neonates or patients with central venous catheterization. The total number of isolates (N = 3,008) reflects the isolates cultured with more than the requisite 30 isolates per organism to be used to create an antibiogram.