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Table 2 Gram-negative bacterial profile in different clinical samples from the three Referral Hospitals of Amhara region, Ethiopia; 2017–2018

From: Multidrug resistance and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Gram-negative bacteria from three Referral Hospitals of Amhara region, Ethiopia

Clinical specimen

Isolates

Frequency

Percentage

Blood

Citrobacter spp

2

5.1

Enterobacter spp.

8

20.5

E. coli

11

28.2

Klebsiella spp.

11

28.2

P. aeruginosa

2

5.1

Proteus sp.

1

2.6

Salmonella sp.

1

2.6

Providencia spp.

3

7.7

Total

39

100

Urine

Citrobacter spp

4

8.9

E. coli

27

60.0

Klebsiella spp.

12

26.7

Proteus spp.

2

4.4

Total

45

100

Wound

Citrobacter spp

3

17.7

Enterobacter spp.

2

11.8

E. coli

1

5.9

Klebsiella spp.

2

11.8

P. aeruginosa

2

11.8

Proteus spp.

6

35.3

Providencia sp.

1

5.9

Total

17

100

Discharges

Citrobacter spp.

2

13.3

Enterobacter sp.

1

6.7

E. coli

2

13.3

Klebsiella spp.

5

33.3

P. aeruginosa

1

6.7

Proteus spp.

3

20.0

Moraxilla sp

1

6.7

Total

15

100

Abscesses

Citrobacter sp

1

5.9

Enterobacter spp.

2

11.8

E. coli

2

11.8

Klebsiella spp.

8

47.1

P. aeruginosa

1

5.9

Providencia spp.

2

11.8

Morganella sp.

1

5.9

Total

17

100

Body fluids

E. coli

3

75

Proteus sp.

1

25

Total

4

100

Stool

Salmonella spp.

2

50

Shigella spp.

2

50

Total

4

100

Total

 

141

100%