Research Article
Resistance Status of Bacteria from a Health Facility in Ghana: A Retrospective Study
Table 1
Frequency of bacterial isolates from Bolgatanga Regional Hospital, January 2018–July 2020.
| | Isolate | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Total |
| | Gram negative | | E. coli | 103 (28.6%) | 70 (21.4%) | 30 (20.0%) | 203 (25.4%) | | Klebsiella spp. | 52 (14.4%) | 26 (9.0%) | 12 (8.0%) | 90 (11.4%) | | Proteus spp. | 5 (1.4%) | 17 (5.9%) | 6 (4.0%) | 28 (3.5%) | | Pseudomonas spp. | 60 (16.7%) | 49 (16.9%) | 9 (6.0%) | 118 (14.8) | | Citrobacter spp. | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (1.0%) | 1 (0.7%) | 4 (0.5%) | | Enterobacter spp. | 0 (0.0%) | 9 (1.4%) | 4 (0.7%) | 5 (0.6%) | | Moraxella spp. | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.3%) | | Morganella spp. | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.3%) | | Providencia spp. | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.7%) | 2 (1.3%) | 4 (0.5%) | | Salmonella spp. | 5 (1.4%) | 3 (1.0%) | 1 (0.7%) | 9 (1.1%) | | Serratia spp. | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (1.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (0.4%) | | Shigella spp. | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.1) | | Neisseria spp. | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (2.7%) | 4 (0.5%) |
| | Gram positive | | Staphylococcus spp. | 135 (37.5%) | 106 (36.6%) | 99 (52.7) | 320 (40.0%) | | Streptococcus spp. | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.7%) | 5 (3.3%) | 7 (0.0%) |
| | Total | 360 (100%) | 290 (100%) | 150 (100%) | 800 (100%) |
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