Bacterial Profile and Their Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Isolates Recovered from Intensive Care Unit Environments at Wachemo University Nigist Ellen Mohammed Memorial Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Bacterial isolates from ICU environments at Wachemo University Nigist Ellen Mohammed Memorial Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, August 1, 2022, to October 30, 2022.

Types of bacterial isolated from ICU	Number	Percent (%)	95% CI
Gram-negative bacteria isolates	105	44.12	37.7–50.3
E. coli	41	39	29.7–48.3
K. pneumoniae	30	28.6	20–37.2
P. aeruginosa	13	12.4	6.1–18.7
A. baumannii	11	10.5	4.6–16.4
Enterobacter species	6	5.7	1.3–10.1
Salmonella species	4	3.8	0.1–7.5
Gram-positive bacteria isolates	133	55.88	49.7–62.3
CoNS	72	54.14	45.6–62.6
S. aureus	61	45.86	37.5–54.5
Total	238	100

CoNS: coagulase-negative staphylococci; CI: confidence interval.