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Table 1 Distribution of B. fragilis bft subtypes among different sources of infections

From: Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of enterotoxigenic extra-intestinal Bacteroides fragilis among 13-year collection of isolates in Kuwait

Sources

Number (%)

Total (%)

bft-1

bft-2

bft-3

Wound infection

105 (50)

16 (7.6)

5 (2.4)

126 (60)

Respiratory tract infection

30 (14.3)

11 (5.2)

0

41 (19.5)

Bloodstream infection

16 (7.6)

4 (1.9)

0

20 (9.5)

Biopsy

17 (8.1)

2 (1)

1 (0.5)

20 (9.5)

Urine

1 (0.5)

0

0

1 (0.5)

Bile

1 (0.5)

0

0

1 (0.5)

Unknown

1 (0.5)

0

0

1 (0.5)

Total

171 (81.4)

33 (15.7)

6 (2.9)

210 (100)