Research Article
Growing Menace of Antibacterial Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Nepal: An Insight of Beta-Lactamase Production
Table 4
Multitype enzymes production.
| Specimen types (total number of isolates) | ESBL + MBL (Number) | ESBL + AmpC (Number) | MBL + AmpC (Number) | ESBL + MBL + AmpC (Number) |
| Pus (32) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Sputum (68) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Urine (42) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | Blood (20) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Endotracheal tube (8) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Swab (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bronchoalveolar lavage (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pleural fluid (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total (178) | 6 (3.4) | 6 (3.4) | 14 (7.9) | 2 (1.1) |
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