Table 1 Distribution of isolates among clinical specimen, wards and diagnosis
From: Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections in a teaching hospital in Ghana
| Â | Isolates (N) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acinetobacter spp | E. coli | Enterobacter spp | K. pneumonia | P. aeruginosa | Serretia spp | Sphingimonas spp | Other* | Total (%) | |
Specimen | |||||||||
 Asctic fluid | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 (0.5) |
 Aspirate | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 (2.0) |
 Blood | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 6 | 11 (5.5) |
 Bronchial Lavage | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (0.5) |
 Ear Swab | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 6 (3.0) |
 Gastric Lavage | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 4 (2.0) |
 Nasal Swab | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 (0.5) |
 Pleural Fluid | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 (1.0) |
 Pus | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 5 (2.5) |
 Sputum | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 24 (12.0) |
 Urethral Swab | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 (1.0) |
 Urine | 6 | 35 | 5 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 94 (47.0) |
 Wound Swab | – | 4 |  | 6 | 16 | – | 3 | 16 | 45 (22.5) |
WARD/DEPT | |||||||||
 A &E | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 (5.0) |
 Child Health | 1 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 3 | – | 1 | 8 | 39 (19.5) |
 Medical ICU | 2 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 78 (39.0) |
 OBS &GYN | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 (8.5) |
 OPD | 2 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 39 (19.5) |
 Surgery | – | 6 | – | 2 | 6 | – | – | 3 | 17 (8.5) |
Diagnosis | |||||||||
 Abscess | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 7 (3.5) |
 Appendicitis | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (0.5) |
 Bacteremia | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (0.5) |
 Bronchitis | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 (1.0) |
 Cellulitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 (0.5) |
 Cirrhosis | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 (1.0) |
 Cystitis | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 (0.5) |
 Diabetic foot ulcer | – | 1 | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | 10 (5.0) |
 Gastroenteritis | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5 (2.5) |
 Nephritis | – | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 11 (5.5) |
 Otitis | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 (1.0) |
 Pericarditis | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 3 (1.5) |
 Peritonitis | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 (1.0) |
 Pneumoniae | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 4 (2.0) |
 Prostitis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 (0.5) |
 RTI | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 5 (2.5) |
 Sepsis | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 29 (14.5) |
 Surg. site infection | – | 1 | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | 1 | 10 (5.0) |
 Tuberculosis | – | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 (9.0) |
 UTI | 7 | 24 | 4 | 17 | 9 | – | 2 | 6 | 69 (34.5) |
 Ulcer | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 (1.0) |
 Wound infection | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | – | – | 7 | 12 (6.0) |
Frequency (%) | 8 (4.0) | 49 (24.5) | 12 (6.0) | 38 (19.0) | 39 (19.5) | 8 (4.0) | 10 (5.0) | 36 (18.0) | 200 (100) |