Table 3.
Distribution of enzyme producing isolates.
| Specimen types (total number of isolates) | ESBLs Number (%) |
MBLs Number (%) |
AmpC Number (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pus (32) | 13 (40.6) | 6 (18.7) | 4 (12.5) |
| Sputum (68) | 22 (32.4) | 22 (32.3) | 4 (5.9) |
| Urine (42) | 12 (28.6) | 14 (33.3) | 8 (19.0) |
| Blood (20) | 6 (30.0) | 6 (30.0) | 2 (10.0) |
| Endotracheal tube (8) | 2 (25.0) | 6 (75.0) | 8 (100) |
| Swab (4) | 2 (50.0) | 1 (25.0) | 2 (50.0) |
| Bronchoalveolar lavage (2) | 2 (100) | 0 | 0 |
| Pleural fluid (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Total (178) | 59 (33.1%) | 55 (30.9%) | 28 (15.7%) |