Table 1.
Frequency of Gram-negative bacteria isolated from 187 patients with different nosocomial infections at Army hospitals.
| Microorganisms | Number of patients (%) infected with nosocomial Infections | Total (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTI | pneumonia | primary septicemia | Surgical site infection | ||
| Escherichia coli | 54 (50.94%) | 5 (6.84%) | 0 (0) | 1 (33.33%) | 60 (32.08) |
| Klebsiella Pneumoniae | 11 (10.37%) | 45 (61.64%) | 1 (25%) | 1 (33.33%) | 58 (31.1) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 12 (11.32%) | 12 (16.43%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 24 (12.8) |
| Acinetobacter bumannii | 10 (9.4%) | 5 (6.84%) | 2 (40%) | 0 (0) | 17 (9.1) |
| Enterobacter aerogenes | 6 (5.6%) | 4 (5.47%) | 2 (40%) | 0 (0) | 12 (6.4) |
| Proteus mirabilis | 7 (6.6%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (33.33%) | 8 (4.3) |
| Citrobacter | 4 (3.77%) | 1 (1.36%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (2.7) |
| Seratia | 2 (1.88%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.1) |
| Alcaligenes | 0 (0) | 1 (1.36%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) |