Table 1.

The prevalence of ESBL E. coli in the environment (hospital waste, upstream and downstream waste, chicken waste), food (chicken sample), and human chains (people suspected of septicemia)

	Environment Chain				Food Chain	Human Chain
Month	Hospital Waste	Downstream Waste	Upstream Waste	Chicken Waste	Chicken Sample	Patients with Septicemia Suspected
Sep	0.671	0.02	0.01	0.893	0.574	0.581
Oct	0.714	0	0	1	0.555	0.600
Nov	0.75	0	0	0.333	0.294	0.333
Dec	0.417	0.05	0.01	0.6	0	1
Jan	0.453	0.002	0	0.59	0.333	0.430
Feb	0.332	0.001	0.001	0.2	0.2	0.578