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. 2016 May 4;15:29. doi: 10.1186/s12941-016-0144-2

Table 3.

ESBL prevalence amongst study isolates

Isolate Not confirmed ESBL-positivea ESBL prevalence
Confirmed ESBL-positive % of overall prevalence
Citrobacter spp. 4 6 (60 %) 11.5
Enterobacter spp. 3 5 (62.5 %) 9.6
Escherichia coli 51 18 (26.1 %) 34.6
Klebsiella spp. 22 22 (50.0 %) 42.3
Proteus spp. 5 1 (16.7 %) 1.9
Total 85 52 (37.9 %) 100

ESBL prevalence was determined using MAST D52C combined discs by the Kirby-Bauer method of antibiotic susceptibility testing

aThe column for “not confirmed ESBL-positive” includes isolates that failed screening tests as well as those isolates that may have passed the screening test(s) but failed confirmatory tests