Table 3.

Bacterial isolates with respect to types of street foods, Hawassa, Ethiopia, May to September 2014.

Identified organisms	Food Items
	Kita	Ambasha	Raw fish	Potato	Awaze	Avocado	Total Isolates n (%)*
E. coli	2 (9.6)	4 (19)	4 (19)	3 (14.3)	3 (14.3)	5 (23.8)	21(29.6)
S. aureus	0(0)	0(0)	0(0)	2(28.6)	3(42.8)	2(28.6)	7(9.9)
Salmonella Spp	1(11)	0(0)	7(78)	0(0)	0(0)	1(11)	9(12.7)
Proteus Spp	1(14.3)	2(28.5)	1(14.3)	1(14.3)	1(14.3)	1(14.3)	7(9.9)
Klebisella Spp	0(0)	1(14.3)	0(0)	3(42.8)	1(14.3)	2(28.6)	7(9.9)
Citrobacter Spp	3(33.3)	3(33.3)	2(22.3)	1(11.1)	0(0)	0(0)	9(12.7)
Entrobacter Spp	2(40)	0(0)	2(40)	1(20)	0(0)	0(0)	5(7)
Providenica Spp**	0(0)	0(0)	0(0)	1(33.3)	2(66.7)	0(0)	3(4.2)
Others***	1(33.3)	0(0)	1(33.3)	1(33.3)	0(0)	0(0)	3(4.2)
Total	10(14.1)	10(14.1)	17 (24)	13 (18.3)	10(14.1)	11(15.5)	71(100)

^*Percentages were calculated by dividing the number of isolates in a particular food item by total number of isolates.

^**Providencia Spp made of P. alkalifaciens and P. stuartii

^***Other represents Edwardisella, M. morgani, and Serratia; each organism had been isolated once