Multidrug-Resistant and Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 1

Distribution of Enterobacteriaceae isolate among various specimen types at ICL, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

	Urine	Pus	Body fluid	Ear discharge	Eye discharge	Stool	Total
E. coli	192 (84.9)	25 (11.1)	7 (3.1)	1 (0.4)	2 (0.9)	0 (0.0)	226
K. pneumoniae	26 (60.5)	12 (27.9)	2 (4.7)	1 (2.3)	1 (2.3)	0 (0.0)	43
Enterobacter spp.	5 (45.5)	6 (54.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	11
Citrobacter spp.	9 (81.8)	2 (18.2)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	11
P. mirabilis	2 (33.3)	2 (33.3)	0 (0.0)	2 (33.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	6
Shigella spp.	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (100)	2
Other isolates	7 (53.8)	5 (38.5)	1 (7.7)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	13
Total	241	52	10	4	3	2	312

Note: other isolates are Salmonella spp, Providencia spps, M. morganii, and Serratia spp.