Table 1 Prevalence of ESBL-producing isolates among microbial species from Gaza hospitals and clinics
AL-Rantisi hospital | AL-Nasser hospital | AL-Shifa hospital | Al-Remal clinic | Sabha Harazin clinic | AL-Sourani clinic | TOTAL | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Number of isolates | 41 | 10.9 | 65 | 17.4 | 65 | 17.4 | 97 | 26 | 55 | 14.7 | 50 | 13.4 | 373 | 100 |
ESBL-phenotype | 10 | 24.3 | 24 | 36.9 | 33 | 50.7 | 41 | 42.2 | 19 | 34.5 | 11 | 22 | 138 | 37 |
E. coli | 9 (28) | 21.9 | 4 (13) | 6.1 | 8 (22) | 12.3 | 23 (60) | 23.7 | 18 (52) | 32.7 | 11 (41) | 26.8 | 73 (216) | 52.8 |
K. pneumoniae | 0 (12) | 0 | 15 (43) | 23 | 21 (32) | 32.3 | 17 (33) | 17.5 | 1 (1) | 1.8 | 0 (6) | 0 | 54 (127) | 39.1 |
C. freundii | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 (3) | 3 | 1 (7) | 1.5 | 1 (2) | 2.4 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 4 (15) | 26.7 |
P. mirabilis | 1 (1) | 2.4 | 1 (2) | 1.5 | 2 (2) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (5) | 2.8 |
K. aerogenes | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (2) | 1.5 | 1 (2) | 1.5 | 1 (3) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 (10) | 2.1 |