Table 2 Proportion of bacterial isolated from different clinical samples (n = 180) among patients admitted for less than 48 h at Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital Northeast Ethiopia from February to April 2021

E.coli

7 (17.1)

24 (58.5)

5 (12.2)

–

3 (7.3)

–

2 (4.9)

41 (22.8)

K. pneumonia

4 (19)

6 (28.6)

–

9 (42.9)

1 (4.8)

–

1 (4.8)

21 (11.7)

Pseudomonas spp

7 (46.7)

3 (20)

–

–

5 (33.3)

–

–

15 (8.2)

Citrobacter spp.

5 (50)

1 (10)

–

–

4 (40)

–

–

10 (5.5)

K. oxytoca

3 (42.9)

1 (14.3)

–

1 (14.3)

2 (28.6)

–

–

7 (3.9)

C. diversus

2 (40)

2 (40)

–

–

1 (20)

–

–

5 (2.8)

E. aerogens

3 (60)

1 (20)

–

–

1 (20)

–

–

5 (2.8)

p. mirabilis

–

4 (80)

–

–

1 (20)

–

–

5 (2.8)

P. vulgaris

1 (20)

3 (60)

–

–

1 (20)

–

–

5 (2.8)

K. ozaenae

3 (100)

–

–

–

–

–

–

3 (1.7)

Acinetobacter spp.

1 (100)

–

–

–

–

–

–

1 (0.5)

Salmonella spp

–

–

1 (100)

–

–

–

–

1 (0.5)

Total Gram negative

36

45

6

10

19

3

119 (66.1)

S. aureus

18 (50)

14 (389)

–

–

2 (5.6)

1 (2.8)

1 (2.8)

36 (20.0)

S. saprophyticus

10 (62.5)

6 (37.5)

–

–

–

–

–

16 (8.9)

S. epidermidis

5 (62.5)

3 (37.5)

–

–

–

–

–

8 (4.4)

S. agalactiae

1 (100)

–

–

–

–

–

–

1 (0.5)

Total Gram positive

34 (48.6)

23 (33.8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (9.5)

1 (100)

1 (25)

61 (33.9)

Overall

70 (38.9)

68(37.8)

6(3.3)

10 (5.5)

21(11.7)

1 (0.6)

4 (2.2)

180 (100)