Table 4.
The Prevalence and Distribution of Sequence Types of 78 MDR P. aeruginosa Isolates Associated With Site of Infection, Location, and Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics
| Sequence Type | Isolates, No. (%) | Clinical Diagnosis | Acquisition | Isolation Site | Location | Hospital | Mucoidity | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infection | Colonization | Hospital | Community | Respiratory | Skin & Soft Tissue | Urine | Blood | Catheter Tip | OPD | IPD | ICU | HGH | RH | NCCCR | HH | Non-mucoid | Mucoid | ||
| ST235 | 16 (20.5) | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| ST357 | 8 (10.3) | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| ST389 | 6 (7.7) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| ST1284 | 6 (7.7) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| ST233 | 5 (6.4) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| ST274 | 4 (5.1) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| ST244 | 3 (3.8) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| ST308 | 3 (3.8) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| ST823 | 3 (3.8) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| ST2819 | 2 (2.6) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| ST17 | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ST27 | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ST179 | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST252 | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST253 | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ST292 | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST310 | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST313 | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST348 | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST381 | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST446 | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST560 | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST598 | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST639 | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST664 | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST699 | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST773 | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST1076 | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST2178 | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST3022 | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST3043 | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST-Unknown | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total (%) | 78 (100) | 45 (57.7) | 33 (42.3) | 76 (97.4) | 2 (2.6) | 29 (37.2) | 16 (20.5) | 16 (20.5) | 16 (20.5) | 1 (1.3) | 24 (30.8) | 39 (50) | 15 (19.2) | 71 (91) | 5 (6.4) | 1 (1.3) | 1 (1.3) | 67 (85.9) | 11 (14.1) |
Note. HGH, Hamad General Hospital; RH, Rumailah Hospital; NCCCR, National Center for Cancer Care and Research; HH, Heart Hospital; OPD, outpatient department; IPD, inpatient department; ICU, intensive care unit.