Table 2. Proportion of culture-positive patients who tested positively for bacteria by location.

Location of study	Number of isolates
	Gram +ve bacteria				Gram −ve bacteria
	Any	Staphylococci	Streptococci	Other	Any	Pseudomonas	Other
Africa
Ghana	17	4	8	5	21	21	0
Accra, Ghana	34	18	11	5	29	17	12
Indian Subcontinent Nepal, India	136	102	31	3	21	18	3
Chittagong, Bangladesh	27	2	23	2	39	34	5
Tamil Nadu	178	63	110	5	57	35	22
East Bengal	214	174	28	12	84	63	21
New Delhi	35	28	2	5	17	10	7
Madurai, S. India	132	26	76	30	35	24	11
Hyderabad, India	198	92	60	46	45	27	18
Tamil Nadu, India	814	259	492	63	325	236	89
Hyderabad, India	80	43	27	0	13	6	7
Delhi, India	223	200	10	13	152	88	64
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	130	75	26	29	45	16	29
Baghdad, Iraq	88	70	15	3	74	68	6
South America
Asuncion, Paraquay	278	210	42	226	132	46	96
Far East
Taiwan	67	21	21	25	120	95	25
Taipai, Taiwan	57	39	12	6	106	56	50
Singapore	unspecified	4	4	unspecified	41	23	18
Singapore	9	5	4	0	42	23	19
Hong Kong	37	9	3	25	42	28	14
Bangkok	23	11	12	0	unspecified	43	unspecified
Australasia
Auckland, NZ	75	41	11	13	13	7	6
Christchurch, New Zealand	45	19	11	15	18	2	16
Adelaide	89	65	12	12	38	17	21
Victoria, Australia	72	56	8	8	29	10	19
Brisbane, Australia	75	41	11	23	56	44	12
North America and Canada
Toronto	43	32	10	1	20	7	13
Miami	637	278	89	270	664	345	319
Pittsburgh	797	638	115	44	256	71	185
LA	48	34	9	5	30	13	17
Texas	45	25	12	8	32	18	14
Durham	314	197	57	78	74	40	34
Europe
Paris	172	116	19	37	35	21	14
Laussanne, Switzerland	57	45	10	2	18	7	11
Anatolia, Turkey	155	115	35	5	20	15	5
Amsterdam and Rotterdam	46	25	16	5	58	35	23