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Table 2 Gram negative and positive multiple drug resistant isolates from surveillance records

From: Prevalence of antimicrobial resistant pathogens from blood cultures: results from a laboratory based nationwide surveillance in Ghana

Bloodstream isolates

n (%)

Isolate source

Age categories/years

 

In-patient

Out-patient

Not indicateda

< 1

1–10

11–30

31–50

> 50

Not indicateda

Gram negatives (n = 49)

Escherichia coli

10

9

1

-

1

-

3

2

2

2

Salmonella Typhi

4

2

2

-

-

4

-

-

-

-

 Non-Typhoidal Salmonella

4

4

-

-

2

2

-

-

-

-

Enterobacter spp

7

6

1

-

3

-

1

1

-

2

Serratia marcescens

4

4

-

-

-

2

-

-

1

1

Serratia spp

2

2

-

-

-

2

-

-

1

1

Klebsiella pneumoniae

2

2

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

Citrobacter korseri

1

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

Citrobacter spp

5

5

-

-

2

3

-

-

-

-

Acinetobacter

1

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

8

6

1

1

3

1

-

1

2

1

Proteus mirabilis

1

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

Gram positives (n = 51)

Staphylococcus aureus

34

23

8

3

11

10

3

1

2

7

 CNS

9

8

-

1

3

2

1

-

1

2

Streptococcus pneumoniae

6

5

1

-

2

3

-

-

-

1

Streptococcus pyogenes

1

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

Enterococcus spp

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

Totals

100

75

15

5

30

29

10

5

8

16

  1. CNS, Coagulase negative Staphylococcu
  2. -indicates not applicable
  3. aunavailable date