Table 4.

Bacteriological studies

Year	1994		1995		1996		1997		1998		1999		2000		2001		2002		2003		2004		2005		2006		Total
Patients	112		129		153		144		157		132		135		122		92		96		77		73		112		1534
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	*Tested for	No.	%
Total	336		524		782		1184		1244		1080		949		879		472		519		422		383		559		1534	9333
No	58	17.3	74	14.1	175	22.4	202	17.1	205	16.5	107	9.9	125	13.2	105	11.9	60	12.7	31	6.0	29	6.9	47	12.3	63	11.3	1534	1281	13.7
Growth
Growth	278	82.7	450	85.9	607	77.6	982	82.9	1039	83.5	973	90.1	824	86.8	774	88.1	412	87.3	488	94.0	393	93.1	336	87.7	496	88.7	1534	8052	86.3
Isolates	379		696		1016		1931		2059		1557		1530		1362		689		972		805		509		634		1534