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Table 1 Blood cultures processed and data submitted during surveillance

From: Prevalence of antimicrobial resistant pathogens from blood cultures: results from a laboratory based nationwide surveillance in Ghana

Laboratory code

Total blood cultures processed

Positives, rates (%)

Multi-drug resistant isolates submitted during surveillance

BaS

315

86 (27.3)

41

AcL

226

54 (23.9)

16

WsE

505

43 (8.5)

14

NoT

1376

102 (7.4)

13

AsK

3610

398 (11.0)

7

CeU

13

3 (23.1)

1

AsO

146

16 (10.9)

1

BaB

21

1 (4.7)

1

EaK

95

8 (8.4)

1

UeB

44

3 (6.8)

1

Total

6351

714

100

  1. Teaching hospitals: Tamale (NoT) and Komfo Anokye (AsK). Regional hospitals: Sunyani (Bas), Eastern (EaK) and Upper East (UeB). District hospital: LEKMA (AcL), Faith base: St Patrick, Offinso (AsO), St Patrick Holy Family, Berekum (BaB). Quasi-government hospital: University, Cape Coast (CeU). Zonal public health reference laboratory: Sekondi (WsE)