Table 1: Prevalence of ESBL positive organisms.

Bacteria isolated ESBL test
Organisms Positive
No. (%)
Negative
No. (%)
E. coli (n=72) 38 (52.8) 34 (47.2)
K. oxytoca (n =22) 6 (27.3) 16 (72.7)
K. pneumoniae(n =41) 6 (14.6) 35 (85.4)
C. freundii (n =14) 0 (0.0) 14 (100.0)
C. koseri (n =3) 1 (33.3) 2 (66.7)
S. Typhi (n =2) 0 (0.0) 2 (100.0)
Providencia spp. (n =3) 1 (33.3) 2 (66.7)
Total (n= 157) 52 (33.2) 105 (66.8)