Pattern of Bacterial Pathogens and Their Susceptibility Isolated from Surgical Site Infections at Selected Referral Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 3

Bacterial distribution based on SSI class.

Bacterial isolate	Superficial SSI: number (%)	Deep tissue or organ/space SSI: number (%)	Total
S. aureus	11 (22.4)	8 (14.5)	19 (18.3)
CoNS	4 (8.2)	0 (0)	4 (3.8)
Group B streptococci spp.	2 (4.1)	3 (5.5)	5 (4.8)
E. coli	9 (18.4)	15 (27.3)	24 (23.1)
Acinetobacter spp.	13 (26.5)	10 (18.2)	23 (22.1)
K. pneumoniae	3 (6.1)	7 (12.7)	10 (9.9)
K. ozaenae	1 (0.2)	2 (3.6)	3 (2.9)
P. aeruginosa	2 (4.1)	4 (7.3)	6 (5.8)
P. vulgaris	3 (6.1)	3 (5.5)	6 (5.8)
P. mirabilis	0 (0)	1 (1.8)	1 (0.9)
Morganella spp.	0 (0)	1 (1.8)	1 (0.9)
Citrobacter spp.	1 (0.2)	1 (1.8)	2 (1.9)
Total	49	55	104

CoNS: coagulase negative staphylococci; spp.: species.