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Table 4 Distribution of microbial isolates in relation to type of surgical site infection (SSI)

From: High rates of multi-drug resistant gram-negative organisms associated with surgical site infections in a teaching hospital in Ghana

Type of SSI

Number with surgical site infections

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

Superficial SSI

366 (%)

105 (29%)

42 (11%)

29 (8%)

18 (5%)

18 (5%)

10 (3%)

33 (9%)

24 (6%)

12 (3%)

45 (12%)

30 (8%)

Deep SSI

49 (%)

17 (34%)

3 (6%)

2 (4%)

4 (8%)

2 (4%)

1 (2%)

0

3 (6%)

2 (4%)

7 (14%)

8 (16%)

Organ-space SSI

48 (%)

17 (35%)

4 (8%)

4 (8%)

1 (2%)

1 (2%)

0

0

0

0

3 (6%)

18 (37%)

  1. CoNS include S. haemolyticus and S. epidermidis and S. lugdunensis. Other microbial isolates include Corynebacterium spp., C. albicans, Achromobacter spp., S. maltophilia, P. stuartii, A. faecalis and M. morganii