Research Article
Epidemiology of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms in a Teaching Hospital in Oman: A One-Year Hospital-Based Study
Table 3
Distribution of hospital-acquired multidrug resistant organisms (MDRO) by type of bacteria at a tertiary care hospital in Oman, 2012.
| | Type of bacteria | (Total = 329) | |
| | Acinetobacter baumannii | 107 | 32.4 | | Escherichia coli (ESBL) | 60 | 18.4 | | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus | 35 | 10.6 | | Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL) | 34 | 10.3 | | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 27 | 8.1 | | Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRE) | 26 | 7.8 | | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 25 | 7.5 | | Escherichia coli (CRE) | 5 | 1.6 | | Burkholderia cepacia | 5 | 1.6 | | Enterobacter cloacae | 4 | 1.2 | | Enterococcus faecalis/faecium (VRE) | 2 | 0.6 |
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ESBL: extended spectrum -lactamases; VRE: vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus; CRE: carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.
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