Ann Clin Microbiol 2022;25:1-10. Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections the Tamale Teaching Hospital in Northern Ghana: a three-year retrospective analysis.
Table 2. Distribution of GNB from clinical samples cultured in 2017 -2019
SpeciesNo. of isolates in the specimen (%)
BloodGITRespiratoryUrineWoundTotal
Acinetobacter baumannii3 (3.7)1 (1.7)3 (0.5)7 (0.4)14 (0.5)
Citrobacter spp.9 (11.0)2 (3.3)44 (7.2)215 (13.3)41 (10.1)311 (11.1)
Enterobacter spp.18 (22.0)8 (13.3)94 (15.3)159 (9.9)39 (9.6)318 (11.5)
Escherichia coli11 (13.4)15 (25.0)43 (7.0)535 (33.2)57 (14.1)661 (23.8)
Klebsiella pneumoniae17 (20.7)15 (25.0)129 (21.0)389 (24.1)77 (19.0)627 (22.6)
Moraxella catarrhalis185 (30.1)1 (0.1)1 (0.3)187 (6.8)
Morganella morganii1 (1.2)1 (1.7)9 (1.5)46 (2.8)5 (1.2)62 (2.2)
Proteus spp.1 (1.2)3 (5.0)20 (3.3)85 (5.2)66 (16.3)175 (6.3)
Providencia rettgeri13 (0.8)5 (1.2)18 (0.6)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa16 (19.5)9 (15.0)87 (14.2)153 (9.5)111 (27.4)376 (13.5)
Salmonella spp.2 (2.4)2 (3.3)1 (0.1)5 (0.2)
Serratia spp.1 (1.2)1 (0.2)8 (0.4)3 (0.7)13 (0.4)
Shigella spp.3 (3.7)4 (6.7)5 (0.3)12 (0.4)
Total82 (100.0)60 (100.0)615 (100.0)1,617 (100.0)405 (100.0)2,779 (100.0)

Abbreviations: GNB, gram-negative bacteria; GIT, gastrointestinal tract.