Table 1.
Prevalence of Total Samples of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Including Multidrug-Resistant Isolates Collected From Five Acute-Care and Specialized Hospitals at Hamad Medical Corporation, a Qatar, Between 2014 and 2017
| Period | Total Specimens | Total P. aeruginosa |
Total number of MDR P. aeruginosa |
Prevalence of MDR P. aeruginosa, % |
P
Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2014–Sept 2015 | 300,577 | 2,533 | 205 | 8.1 | <.001 |
| Oct 2015–Sept 2016 | 348,825 | 3,400 | 177 | 5.2 | |
| Oct 2016–Sept 2017 | 405,270 | 2,959 | 143 | 4.8 | |
| Total | 1,054,672 | 8,892 | 525 | 5.9 |
a
Hamad Medical Corporation included Hamad General Hospital, Rumailah Hospital, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Heart Hospital and Women’s Hospital.
*χ2 for trend.