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Table 1 Isolation of qacE positive MDRAB from different wards

From: Extremely high prevalence of antiseptic resistant Quaternary Ammonium Compound E gene among clinical isolates of multiple drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Malaysia

Ward

Number of isolates (%)

qacE positive (n = 89)

P value

ICU

21 (23.6%)

>0.05

Neurosurgery

2 (2.2%)

>0.05

Orthopaedics

7 (7.9%)

>0.05

Urology

4 (4.5%)

>0.05

Surgery

24 (27%)

<0.05*

Medical

23 (25.8%)

>0.05

Burn

2 (2.3%)

>0.05

Others

6 (6.7%)

>0.05

  1. <0.05*Indicates statistically significant.