Table 1. ESBL-EC isolate information.
Source breakdown of 127 ESBL-EC isolates by year, hospital type, region, patient demography, type of infection and infection acquired model.
| Number (% of source category) of isolates from each year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Total |
| Total | 31 | 25 | 71* | 127 |
| Hospital type | ||||
| Tertiary teaching hospital | 31 (100) | 25 (100) | 64* (90.1) | 120 (94.5) |
| District hospital | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (9.9) | 7 (5.5) |
| Region of Peninsular Malaysia | ||||
| Northeastern | 2 (6.5) | 11 (44.0) | 26 (36.6) | 39 (30.7) |
| Central | 29 (93.5) | 14 (56.0) | 38* (53.5) | 81 (63.8) |
| Southern | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (9.9) | 7 (5.5) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 21 (16.5) | 13 (10.2) | 42 (33.1) | 76 (59.8) |
| Female | 10 (7.9) | 12 (9.4) | 29* (22.8) | 51 (40.2) |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Malay | 9 (7.1) | 13 (10.2) | 54* (42.5) | 76 (59.8) |
| Chinese | 10 (7.9) | 8 (6.3) | 7 (5.5) | 25 (19.7) |
| India | 9 (7.1) | 3 (2.4) | 6 (4.7) | 18 (14.2) |
| Others | 3 (2.4) | 1 (0.8) | 4 (3.1) | 8 (6.3) |
| Type of infection (TOI) | ||||
| SSI | 12 (38.7) | 13 (52) | 18* (25.4) | 43 (33.9) |
| Non-SSI | 19 (61.3) | 12 (48) | 53 (74.6) | 84 (66.1) |
| Infection acquired model (IAM) | ||||
| Hospital-acquired | 27 (87.0) | 23 (92.0) | 59* (83.1) | 108 (85.8) |
| Community-acquired | 4 (13.0) | 2 (8.0) | 12 (16.9) | 18 (14.2) |
Notes:
SSI, surgical site infection.
*
Included one isolate from January 2020.