Table 1.
Distribution and relationship between isolates and source of samples.
| Gram-negative bacteria | Sample sources | Total N (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaginal swab | Urine | Catheter tip | Sputum | Blood | Tracheal aspirate | Pus | Stool | Pleural fluid | Throat swab | ||
| E. coli | 11 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 (47.9) |
| K. pneumonia | 5 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 (25) |
| Ps. aeruginosa | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 (10.4) |
| S. enterica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 (3.5) |
| Shigella spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1(0.69) |
| P. fluorescence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0.69) |
| C. freundii | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0.69) |
| Acinetobacter lwoffii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0.69) |
| K. oxytoca | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2.1) |
| E. cloacae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0.69) |
| P. mirabilis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2.1) |
| Providencia stuartii | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0.69) |
| G. vaginalis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(0.69) |
| E. aerogenes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.4) |
| A. baumannii | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0.69) |
| M. morganii | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0.69) |
| H. influenzae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0.69) |
| S. maltophilia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0.69) |
| Total | |||||||||||
| N (%) | 18 (12.5) | 87 (60.4) | 1(0.69) | 4 (2.8) | 5 (3.5) | 16 (11.1) | 5 (3.5) | 6 (4.2) | 1 (0.69) | 1 (0.69) | 144 (100) |
| ∗ P value | 0.001 | ||||||||||
Note: Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella enterica, Shigella spp., Pseudomonas fluorescens, Citrobacter freundii, Acinetobacter lwoffii, Klebsiella oxytoca, Enterobacter cloacae, Proteus mirabilis, Providencia stuartii, Gardnerella vaginalis, Enterobacter aerogenes, Acinetobacter baumannii, Morganella morganii, Haemophillus influenzae group 11, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. The relationship between the isolates and sources of samples was significant, ∗P value < 0.05.