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Table 4 Frequency of organisms isolated by hospital department

From: Antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) isolates in Namibia: implications for empirical antibiotic treatment of meningitis

Organism

Inpatient

Outpatient

Pediatrics

Missing

Total

Streptococcus species

162

16

19

9

206

Neisseria species

94

11

2

0

107

Haemophilus species

47

2

9

1

59

Staphylococcus aureus

34

1

1

0

36

Escherichia coli

13

7

1

1

22

Other Gram negative

20

2

0

0

22

Other Gram positive

12

0

1

0

13

Enterococcus species

8

0

1

0

9

Acinetobacter species

6

0

2

0

8

ESBL’s Klebsiella pneumoniae

6

1

0

0

7

Klebsiella

7

0

0

0

7

Pseudomonas species

0

0

7

0

7

Total

409 (81.3%)

40 (8.0%)

43 (8.5%)

11 (2.2%)

503 (100%)

  1. Source: MEDITECH Database 2009–2012.