Table 4.
Prevalence of MBL- and ESBL-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in correlation with department.
| Isolates | Surgery | Medicine | Ortho | ICU | ENT | Gynaecology | Total | p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| blaIMP (n = 10) | 7 (70%) | 2 (20%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (10%) | 10 (100%) | 0.26 |
| blaVIM (n = 12) | 9 (75%) | 2 (16.7%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (8.3%) | 12 (100%) | 0.101 |
| blaSHV (n = 25) | 19 (76%) | 3 (12%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) | 1 (4%) | 1 (4%) | 25 (100%) | 0.002 |
| blaTEM (n = 34) | 18 (52.9%) | 13 (38.2%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (5.9%) | 1 (2.9%) | 0 (0%) | 34 (100%) | 0.012 |
| blaOXA (n = 17) | 8 (47.1%) | 7 (41.1%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (11.7%) | 0 (0%) | 17 (100%) | 0.099 |
| blaAmpC (n = 17) | 12 (70.5%) | 1 (5.9%) | 3 (17.6%) | 1 (5.9%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 17 (100%) | 0.043 |
| Total | 73 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 115 |
Vertical ranking shows antibiotic resistance genes. Horizontal ranking shows department of sample collection.
*p value ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant.