Research Article
Emerging Perils of Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase Producing Enterobacteriaceae Clinical Isolates in a Teaching Hospital of Nepal
Table 3
Preliminary screening and phenotypic confirmation of potential ESBL producers.
| | S. N. | Organisms | ESBL screening number (%) | ESBL confirmatory number (%) |
| | 1 | Escherichia coli | 138 | 64 (46.3) | | | Multidrug resistant (MDR) | 98 (71.0) | 64 (65.3) | | ESBL positive | 84 (60.8) | 64 (76.1) | | ESBL negative | 54 (39.2) | — |
| | 2 | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 11 | 4 (36.3) | | | Multidrug resistant (MDR) | 9 (81.8) | 4 (44.4) | | ESBL positive | 7 (63.6) | 4 (57.1) | | ESBL negative | 4 (36.4) | — |
| | 3 | Klebsiella oxytoca | 9 | 2 (22.2) | | | Multidrug resistant (MDR) | 5 (55.5) | 2 (40.0) | | ESBL positive | 5 (55.5) | 2 (40.0) | | ESBL negative | 4 (44.5) | — |
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