Research Article

High Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant and Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae: A Cross-Sectional Study at Arsho Advanced Medical Laboratory, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 1

Number of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from various clinical specimens n (%).

SpeciesClinical samples
SputumUrineWoundCSFEarNasalBloodTotal

E. coli2691725820339 (77.1)
K. pneumoniae1225655356 (12.7)
C. freundii54211 (2.5)
P. mirabilis34714 (3.2)
E. cloacae6112111 (2.5)
S. enterica sub. enterica819 (2.0)

Total12316333119524440 (100)