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Table 1 Bacteria isolated from the samples

From: The need to improve antimicrobial susceptibility testing capacity in Ugandan health facilities: insights from a surveillance primer

Isolated bacteria (N = 478)

Gram-negative bacteria

(n = 267, 55.9%)

f (%)

Gram-positive bacteria

(n = 211, 44.1%)

f (%)

#E. coli

100 (37)

**CNS

20 (10)

#C. freundii

64 (24)

S. aureus

176 (83)

#Proteus spp

13 (5)

S. viridians

4 (2)

#M. morganii

1 (0.4)

S. pyogenes

3 (1)

#S. marcescens

1 (0.4)

S. pneumoniae

2 (1)

#K. pneumoniae

26 (10)

Enterococcus spp

6 (3)

#Enterobacter spp

1 (0.4)

 

+P. aeruginosa

17 (6)

*Others

44 (16)

  1. *Others-UGNB, #Enterobacteriaceae, +non-Enterobacteriaceae, **Coagulase negative staphylococcus
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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

ISSN: 2047-2994

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