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Table 2 Characteristics of ESBL producing isolates from ICU, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

From: Extended Spectrum β-Lactamases among Gram-negative bacteria of nosocomial origin from an Intensive Care Unit of a tertiary health facility in Tanzania

Organism

ESBL enzyme

Date of Isolation

Specimen

E. cloacae

SHV-12, CTX-M-15

13 December 2002

pus

"

SHV-12, CTX-M-15

27 October 2002

urine

"

SHV-12

30 December 2002

urine

"

-*

16 February 2002

urine

E. aerogenes

SHV-12

18 October 2002

urine

E. coli

SHV 12

22 October 2002

urine

"

CTX-M-15

28 November 2002

urine

"

CTX-M-15

05 December 2002

urine

"

CTX-M-15

30 November 2002

pus

K. pneumoniae

SHV-12

30 December 2002

pus

"

SHV-28

20 February 2003

urine

  1. *Isolate no.5 (E. cloacae) was phenotypically positive on E-test but negative on PCR.