Intestinal Carriage of Extended-Spectrum <i>β</i>-Lactamase- (ESBL-) Possessing <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Klebsiella</i> Species among Nepalese Health Science and Non-Health Science Students

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Bacterial isolates</td><td class="align_center" colspan="4">Number of isolates (%)</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">B.Sc. Nursing</td><td class="align_center">BNS</td><td class="align_center">B.Sc. MLT</td><td class="align_center">Total</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Escherichia coli</i></td><td class="align_center">57 (56.4)</td><td class="align_center">25 (24.8)</td><td class="align_center">19 (18.8)</td><td class="align_center">101 (85.6)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i></td><td class="align_center">3 (37.5)</td><td class="align_center">3 (37.5)</td><td class="align_center">2 (25.0)</td><td class="align_center">8 (6.8)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Klebsiella oxytoca</i></td><td class="align_center">8 (88.9)</td><td class="align_center">0 (0)</td><td class="align_center">1 (11.1)</td><td class="align_center">9 (7.6)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Total</td><td class="align_center">68 (57.6)</td><td class="align_center">28 (23.7)</td><td class="align_center">22 (18.7)</td><td class="align_center">118 (100)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Distribution of <i>E. coli</i> and <i>Klebsiella</i> species among different programs of HS students.</div>

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

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Table 2: Intestinal Carriage of Extended-Spectrum <i>β</i>-Lactamase- (ESBL-) Possessing <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Klebsiella</i> Species among Nepalese Health Science and Non-Health Science Students 

Table 2 | Intestinal Carriage of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase- (ESBL-) Possessing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella Species among Nepalese Health Science and Non-Health Science Students 