Table 2 Distribution of microbial isolates in relation to type of surgical procedure
Procedure performed | Total n = 4577 | SSI n = 438 | E. coli n = 139 | Pseudomonas spp. n = 49 | Klebsiella spp. n = 35 | A. baumannii n = 23 | Proteus spp. n = 21 | Enterobacter spp. n = 11 | S. aureus n = 33 | CoNS n = 27 | Others n = 14 | No growth n = 55 | No samples n = 56 |
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Gastrointestinal + other abdominal surgery | 1646 | 253 | 117 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 33 | 33 |
Hernia + scrotal surgery | 866 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Breast surgery | 907 | 49 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Limb amputation | 157 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Genitourinary tract + prostate surgery | 140 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Other soft tissue surgery | 554 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Thyroid surgery | 307 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |