Research Article
Pattern of Bacterial Pathogens and Their Susceptibility Isolated from Surgical Site Infections at Selected Referral Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 2
Bacterial pathogens isolated from postoperative surgical site infection.
| Bacterial isolate | Frequency | Percent |
| Gram positive | 28 | 26.9 | S. aureus | 19 | 18.3 | CoNS | 4 | 3.8 | Group B streptococci spp. | 5 | 4.8 |
| Gram negative | 76 | 73.1 | E. coli | 24 | 23.1 | Acinetobacter spp. | 23 | 22.1 | K. pneumoniae | 10 | 9.6 | K. ozaenae | 3 | 2.9 | P. aeruginosa | 6 | 5.8 | P. vulgaris | 6 | 5.8 | P. mirabilis | 1 | 0.9 | Morganella spp. | 1 | 0.9 | Citrobacter spp. | 2 | 1.9 |
| Total | 104 | 100 |
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CoNS: coagulase negative staphylococci; spp.: species.
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