Research Article

Antimicrobial Resistance in Enterobacterales Bacilli Isolated from Bloodstream Infection in Surgical Patients of Polish Hospitals

Table 1

Prevalence of Enterobacterales bacilli in studied surgical wards amount 997 patients with BSI.

Studies isolatesEnterobacteralesAll n= 121
E. coli n = 74Klebsiella spp. n = 33Others n = 14

Prevalence rate (%)7.43.31.412.1

Surgery wards
 General ward51 (68.9%)27 (81.8%)9 (64.3%)87 (71.9)
 Urology ward19 (25.7%)5 (15.1%)3 (21.4%)27 (22.3)
 Gynecology and obstetrics ward2 (2.7%)1 (3.0%)1 (7.1%)4 (3.3)
 Vascular ward2 (2.7%)0 (0.0%)1 (7.1%)3 (2.5)

Age range
 ≤5922 (29.7%)6 (18.1%)5 (35.7%)33 (27.3)
 60–6922 (30%)16 (48%)3 (21%)41 (33.9)
 70≤30 (40.5%)11 (33.3%)6 (42.8%)47 (38.8)

Total74 (61.1%)33 (27.2%)14 (11.5%)121 (100)

Calculated by dividing the number of strains by the number of laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infections and multiplying by 100.