Table 1.

Distribution of specimen and bacterial isolates analysed, Harare 2012–17

Variable	Category	Frequency (n = 23,432)	Percentage (%)
Specimen type	Urine	10,167	43.4
	Pus swab	8588	36.7
	Blood	1730	7.4
	Sputum	1118	4.8
	Ear*	586	2.5
	Nose*	267	1.1
	Throat*	95	0.4
	Penile swab	25	0.1
	Seminal fluid	54	0.2
	Urethral	125	0.5
	Vaginal	117	0.5
	High vaginal swab**	134	0.6
	Vulval swab**	19	0.1
	Stool	384	1.6
	Cerebrospinal fluid	23	0.1
Bacteria species	E. coli	10,130	43.2
	S. aureus	3703	15.8
	Coag neg	2599	11.1
	staphylococcus
	Enterococcus spp	1891	8.1
	P. areuginosa	1649	7
	K. pneumoniae	1299	5.5
	Enterobacter spp	834	3.6
	A.baumanii	616	2.6
	Salmonella spp	384	1.6
	S.pneumoniae	137	0.6
	Campylobacter spp	137	0.6
	N. gonorrhoea	53	0.2

*ENT- ear, nose and throat

**STI- sexually transmitted infections