Table 2.
Frequency of Enterobacteriaceae species in clinical samples collected from different sites of infection among patients in Northwestern Ethiopia region, 2019.
| Variables | Enterobacteriaceae species | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coliN (%) | K. pneumoniaeN (%) | K. ozaenaeN (%) | K. oxytocaN (%) | E. cloacaeN (%) | Citrobacter spp. N (%) | Proteus spp. N (%) | Providencia spp. N (%) | |
| Type of specimen | ||||||||
| Urine (n = 96) | 21 (21.9) | 7 (7.3) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 2 (2.1) | 1 (1) |
| Blood (n = 96) | 2 (2.1) | 15 (15.6) | 1 (1) | 2 (2.1) | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sputum (n = 96) | 4 (4.2) | 4 (4.2) | 1 (1) | 4 (4.2) | 5 (5.2) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 |
| Wound sample (n = 96) | 8 (8.3) | 5 (5.2) | 2 (2.2) | 3 (3.1) | 4 (4.2) | 3 (3.1) | 0 | 0 |
| Hospital wards of patients | ||||||||
| Intensive care unit (n = 42) | 4 (9.8) | 7 (16.7) | 0 | 1 (2.4) | 1 (2.4) | 1 (2.4) | 0 | 0 |
| Medical (n = 86) | 15 (17.4) | 8 (14.3) | 2 (2.3) | 4 (4.7) | 3 (3.5) | 1 (1.2) | 2 (2.3) | 1 (1.2) |
| Surgical (n = 38) | 5 (13.2) | 0 | 1 (2.6) | 1 (2.6) | 3 (7.9) | 1 (2.6) | 0 | 0 |
| Orthopedics (n = 31) | 3 (9.7) | 3 (9.7) | 2 (6.5) | 1 (3.2) | 0 | 1 (3.2) | 0 | 0 |
| Pediatrics (n = 30) | 1 (3.3) | 2 (6.7) | 0 | 2 (6.7) | 1 (3.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NICU (n = 37) | 1 (2.7) | 8 (21.6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OPD (n = 120) | 6 (5) | 3 (2.5) | 0 | 1 (0.83) | 2 (1.7) | 1 (0.83) | 1 (0.83) | 0 |
| Total (n = 384) | 35 (9.1) | 31 (8.1) | 5 (1.3) | 10 (2.6) | 10 (2.6) | 5 (1.3) | 3 (0.78) | 1 (0.3) |
Key: NICU: neonatal intensive care unit; OPD: outpatient department.