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Table 4 Association between ESBL phenotype and Enterobacteriaceae isolated, sample type and susceptibility pattern

From: Phenotypic expression and prevalence of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in samples collected from patients in various wards of Mulago Hospital, Uganda

 

ESBL (%)

Non-ESBL (%)

P value

Isolate

   

E. coli

36 (58.1)

26 (41.9)

0.924

Klebsiella pneumoniae

24 (72.7)

9 (27.3)

0.908

Enterobacter cloacae

1 (25)

3 (75)

0.695

Proteus mirabilis

10 (62.5)

6 (37.5)

0.999

Sample type

   

Urine

46 (63.9)

26 (36.1)

0.980

HVS

6 (54.5)

5 (45.5)

0.999

CSF

1 (100)

0 (0)

0.999

Urethral swab

1 (100)

0 (0)

1.000

Wound swab

2 (100)

0 (0)

1.000

Blood

2 (40)

3 (60)

1.000

Pus swab

9 (47.4)

10 (52.6)

0.999

Surgical wound swab

4 (100)

0 (0)

0.999

Ceftazidime Susceptibility

   

Resistant

62 (73.8)

22 (26.2)

0.408

Intermediate

4 (36.4)

7 (63.6)

0.187

Susceptible

5 (25)

15 (75)

0.480

Cefotaxime Susceptibility

   

Resistant

54 (81.8)

12 (18.2)

0.013

Intermediate

4 (30.8)

9 (69.2)

0.067

Susceptible

13 (36.1)

23 (63.9)

0.430

Binomial logistic regression

   
  1. When analysed using binomial logistic regression, ESBL phenotype was significantly associated with resistance to cefotaxime but not with resistance to ceftadizime, bacterial species or sample type