Fig. 1

Frequency and distribution of bacteria isolated from patients investigated for sepsis at four different hospitals in Ethiopia. GNB—gram-negative bacteria; GPB—gram-positive bacteria; Other included: Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis (n = 3), Acinetobacter nosocomialis (n = 2), Acinetobacter species (n = 2), Enterobacter kobei (n = 2), Leclercia adecarboxylata (n = 2), Raoultella ornithinolytica (n = 2), Salmonella sp (n = 2), Serratia marcescens (n = 2), Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (n = 2), Achromobacter xylosoxidans (n = 1), Acinetobacter johnsonii (n = 1), Acinetobacter lwoffii (n = 1), Acinetobacter schindleri (n = 1), Acinetobacter ursingii (n = 1), Burkholderia cepacia (n = 1), Kosakonia cowanii (n = 1), Lelliottia amnigena (n = 1), Pseudomonas monteillii (n = 1), Pseudomonas putida_Group (n = 1), Staphylococcus lugdunensis (n = 4), Enterococcus faecalis (n = 1), Enterococcus italicus (n = 1), Enterococcus species (n = 1), Enterobacter cloacae complex included: Enterobacter cloacae (n = 22), Enterobacter xiangfangensis (n = 3), Enterobacter bugandensis (n = 1), Enterobacter ludwigii (n = 1)