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Table 2 Clinical background of strains exhibiting different β-lactamase phenotypes

From: Analysis of β-lactamase phenotypes and carriage of selected β-lactamase genes among Escherichia coli strains obtained from Kenyan patients during an 18-year period

  

Specimen-type

Patient category

Year of isolation

 

Total

Stool

Urine

Blood

Inpatient

Outpatient

1990s

2000s

NSBL

278

153 (55)

39 (14)

86 (31)

82 (29)

196 (71)

186 (67)

91 (33)

IRT

73

18 (25)

38 (53)

17 (22)

60 (82)

13 (18)

28 (38)

45 (62)

ESBL

247

65(26)

130 (53)

52 (21)

170 (69)

77 (31)

79 (32)

168 (68)

CMT

220

21 (10)

163 (74)

36 (16)

163 (74)

57 (26)

62 (28)

158 (72)

pAmpC

94

13 (14)

68 (72)

13 (14)

87 (92)

7 (8)

12 (13)

82 (87)

  1. Number (%) of isolates exhibiting a given phenotype among those obtained from different specimen-types and different category of patients during the 1990s and 2000s period.