Chemotherapy Research and Practice

Research Article

Escherichia coli Isolated from Urinary Tract Infections of Lebanese Patients between 2000 and 2009: Epidemiology and Profiles of Resistance

Table 4

ESBL production in E. coli collected from Lebanese patients between 2000 and 2009 at the Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut. U: urinary isolates, NU: nonurinary isolates.
ESBL production in E. coli isolated between 2000 and 2009
20002001200220032004
IsolatesAllUNUAllUNUAllUNUAllUNUAllUNU
Number of isolates62039522569744025790169920212216375841094661433
% of ESBL2.32.12.343.94.39.89.99.513.614.512.112.911.014.1
20052006200720082009
IsolatesAllUNUAllUNUAllUNUAllUNUAllUNU
Number of isolates9986093891072711361104968836110987273711011628383
% of ESBL20.315.726.117.415.619.119.4519.219.819.417.122.018.616.821.8