Table 3.
Comparison of bacterial isolates between hospitals A and B.
| Rafidia Hospital (hospital A) | NNUH (hospital B) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage (%) | Number | Percentage (%) | Number | |
| Number of samples | 100 | 100 | ||
| Total number of isolates | — | 212 | — | 223 |
| Contamination | 87 | - | 88 | - |
| Distribution of bacterial isolates | ||||
| Gram-positive cocci: | 92.9 | 197 | 95.5 | 213 |
| Staphylococci species | 83.0 | 176 | 89.7 | 200 |
| CoNS | 64.2 | 136 | 70.4 | 157 |
| S. aureus | 18.9 | 40 | 19.3 | 43 |
| MSSA | 17 | 36 | 17.9 | 40 |
| MRSA | 1.9 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 |
| Other gram-positive cocci | 9.9 | 21 | 5.8 | 13 |
| Gram-positive bacilli: | 5.2 | 11 | 3.1 | 7 |
| Non-spore forming | 3.8 | 8 | 2.2 | 5 |
| Spore forming | 1.4 | 3 | 0.9 | 2 |
| Gram-negative species: | 1.9 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 |
| Non-glucose fermenter | 1.4 | 3 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Glucose fermenter | 0.5 | 1 | 0.9 | 2 |