Table 1.

The prevalence of Klebsiella strains in the various clinical specimens.

	No. Samples	No. Strains	Percent
Joint fluid	8	0	0.00%
Bile	5	0	0.00%
Blood	130	21	16.15%
Catheter	31	4	12.90%
Pleural fluid	19	0	0.00%
Cerebrospinal fluid	6	0	0.00%
Purulent secretion	276	34	12.32%
Sputum	128	35	27.34%
Urine	1294	77	5.95%
Tracheal aspirate	290	61	21.03%
Pharyngeal swab	72	4	5.56%
Nasal swab	38	5	13.16%
Puncture liquid	120	3	2.50%
Conjunctival secretion	32	4	12.50%
Ear discharges	7	3	42.86%
total	2456	251	10.22%