International Journal of Hepatology / 2014 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Patterns of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Causative Organisms of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis: A Single Centre, Six-Year Experience of 1981 Samples Table 1 Profiles of the isolated microorganisms in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in different wards.
All Different wards of the hospital Emergency ward Internal ward Surgery ward ICU ward Paediatric ward
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(%)Positive growth 314 (15.85%) 121 (6.10%) 79 (4.00%) 58 (2.90%) 55 (2.80%) 1 (0.05%) Organism E. coli 106 (33.8%) 50 (5.1%) 20 (3.2%) 20 (9.3%) 15 (9.4%) 1 (16.7%) Staphylococcus aureus 28 (8.9%) 14 (1.4%) 7 (1.1%) 7 (3.3%) — — Enterococcus 27 (8.6%) 6 (0.6%) 12 (1.9%) 4 (1.9%) — — Acinetobacter 25 (8%) 5 (0.5%) 7 (1.1%) 3 (1.4%) 10 (6.2%) — Candida 23 (7.3%) 8 (0.8%) 6 (1%) 5 (2.3%) 4 (2.5%) — Staphylococcus epidermidis 21 (6.7%) 8 (0.8%) 8 (1.3%) 3 (1.4%) 2 (1%) — Klebsiella 17 (5.4%) 7 (0.7%) 3 (0.5%) 6 (2.8%) 1 (0.6%) — Citrobacter 16 (5.1%) 6 (0.6%) 2 (0.3%) 1 (0.5%) 7 (4.4%) — Pseudomonas 15 (4.8%) 2 (0.2%) 5 (0.8%) 4 (1.9%) 4 (2.5%) — Enterobacter 11 (3.3%) 1 (0.1%) 3 (0.5%) 3 (1.4%) 4 (2.5%) — Nonhemolytic Streptococcus 5 (1.6%) 2 (0.2%) 2 (0.3%) — 1 (0.6%) — Alcaligenes sp. 4 (1.3%) 4 (0.4%) — — — — Hemolytic Streptococcus 4 (1.3%) 2 (0.2%) 1 (0.2%) — 1 (0.6%) — Streptococcus group D 4 (1.3%) 4 (0.4%) — — — — Proteus 3 (1%) — 2 (0.3%) 1 (0.5%) — — Stenotrophomonas maltophilia 3 (1%) 1 (0.1%) 1 (0.2%) 1 (0.5%) — — Streptococcus pneumoniae 2 (0.6%) 1 (0.1%) — — 1 (0.6%) —