Table 3.
Collection of positive blood cultures
| Origin | Positive blood cultures | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | no. ESBL+ (%) | K. pneu. | no. ESBL+ (%) | Total | no. ESBL+ (%) | |
| ErasmusMC | 57 | 8 (14.0) | 22 | 3 (11.1) | 79 | 11 (13.9) |
| LUMC | 68 | 10 (14.7) | 23 | 1 (4.3) | 91 | 11 (12.1) |
| Sum | 125 | 18 (14.4) | 45 | 4 (8.9) | 170 | 22 (12.9) |
Samples were collected in two university medical centers in the Netherlands: the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) in Leiden. Presence of ESBLs was determined using phenotypical susceptibility testing