Growing Menace of Antibacterial Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Nepal: An Insight of Beta-Lactamase Production

Table 1

Gender- and department-wise distribution of positive specimens.

Specimens type (number of isolates)	Male	Female	IPD	OPD
Pus (wound infection) (32)	16	16	26	6
Sputum (68)	42	26	64	4
Urine (42)	34	8	28	14
Blood (20)	6	14	14	6
Endotracheal tube sample (8)	6	2	8	0
Swab (other than wound infection) (4)	0	4	4	0
Bronchoalveolar lavage (2)	0	2	2	0
Pleural fluid (2)	0	2	2	0
Total (178)	104 (58.4)	74 (41.6)	148 (83.1)	30 (16.9)