Table 3.
Distribution of bacteria by class and site of sampling.
| BACTERIA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | BLOOD | (b) | URINE | (c) | STOOL |
| PATHOGENS | N (%) | PATHOGENS | N (%) | PATHOGENS | N (%) |
| Gram-negative | Gram-negative | Gram-negative | |||
| Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) | 1 (0.2) | Acinetobacter baumannii | 1 (0.3) | Group D Salmonella | 1 (1.1) |
| Escherichia coli Type III | 1 (0.2) | Enterobacter cloacae | 2 (0.7) | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 1 (1.1) |
| Group D Salmonella | 1 (0.2) | Escherichia coli | 26 (9.1) | Salmonella enterica durham | 1 (1.1) |
| K. pneumoniae ESBL | 1 (0.2) | Escherichia coli ESBL | 2 (0.7) | Shigella ssp. | 3 (3.3) |
| S. enterica enteritidis | 2 (0.3) | Klebsiella oxytoca | 1 (0.3) | Negative | 85 (93.4) |
| S. enterica typhimurium | 2 (0.3) | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 7 (2.4) | Overall | 91 (100) |
| Escherichia coli Type III | 1 (0.2) | Klebsiella pneumoniae ESBL | 4 (1.4) | ||
| Shigella ssp. | 1 (0.2) | Kluyvera spp. | 1 (0.3) | ||
| Gram-positive | Proteus mirabilis | 2 (0.7) | |||
| Group C Streptococcus | 2 (0.3) | Proteus penneri | 1 (0.3) | ||
| Micrococcus luteus | 1 (0.2) | Proteus vulgaris | 1 (0.3) | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 3 (0.5) | Ralstonia pickettii | 1 (0.3) | ||
| Staphylococcus saprophyticus | 1 (0.2) | Salmonella enterica enteritidis | 1 (0.3) | ||
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 1 (0.2) | Gram-positive | |||
| Negative | 576 (97.1) | Enterococcus faecalis | 1 (0.3) | ||
| Overall | 593 (100) | Group D Streptococcus | 1 (0.3) | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 2 (0.7) | ||||
| Contamination | 107 (37.4) | ||||
| Negative | 124 (43.4) | ||||
| Others* | 1 (0.3) | ||||
| Overall | 286 (100) | ||||
(a): bacteria in blood culture. (b): list of bacteria found in urine. (c): bacteria in stool culture. *: one parasite (Schistosoma haematobium) found in urine.