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Table 1 Bacterial isolates and degree of growth from various door handles of different hospitals

From: Prevalence of Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase Producers (ESBLs) with antibiotic resistance pattern of Gram negative pathogenic bacteria isolated from door handles in hospitals of Pokhara, Western Nepal

Sites

Bacterial isolates

Degree of growth

OPDs

Klebsiella pneumoniae

(+ +  + +)

Escherichia coli

(+ +  + +)

Staphylococcus aureus

(+ +  + +)

Coagulase negative Staphylococcus

(+ + +)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(+ + +)

Bacillus spp

(+ + +)

Acenetobacter spp

(+ + +)

Enterobacter spp

(+ + +)

Diptheroids

(+ +)

Micrococcus spp

(+ +)

Proteus vulgaris

(+ +)

Enterococcus spp

( +)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

( +)

General wards

Staphylococcus aureus

(+ +  + +)

Escherichia coli

(+ +  + +)

Citrobacter spp

(+ +  + +)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

(+ +  + +)

Enterobacter spp

(+ +  + +)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(+ + +)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

(+ + +)

Proteus vulgaris

(+ + +)

Bacillus spp

(+ + +)

Acenetobacter spp

(+ + +)

Coagulase negative Staphylococcus

(+ +)

Enterobacter spp

(+ +)

Enterococcus spp

(+ +)

Micrococcus spp

(+ +)

Diptheroids

(+ +)

Intensive care units

Escherichia coli

(+ +)

Stapylococcus aureus

(+ +)

Coagulase negative Staphylococcus

(+ +)

Streptococcus pneumonia

(+ +)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(+ +)

Micrococcus spp

(+ +)

Bacillus spp

(+ +)

Diptheroids

( +)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

( +)

Emergency

Klebsiella oxytoca

(+ +  + +)

Escherichia coli

(+ +  + +)

Staphylococcus aureus

(+ +  + +)

Citrobacter spp

(+ + +)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

(+ + +)

Coagulase negative Staphylococcus

(+ + +)

Acenetobacter spp

(+ + +)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(+ +)

Bacillus spp

(+ +)

Enterococcus spp

(+ +)

Proteus mirabilis

(+ +)

Diptheroids

( +)

Laboratory

E. coli

(+ +  + +)

Staphylococcus aureus

(+ +  + +)

Proteus vulgaris

(+ + +)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

(+ + +)

Klebsiella oxytoca

(+ + +)

Enterobacter spp

(+ + +)

Coagulase negative Staphylococcus

(+ + +)

Micrococcus spp

(+ + +)

Bacillus spp

(+ + +)

Citrobacter spp

(+ +)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(+ +)

Diptheroids

(+ +)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

(+ +)

Staff Room

Staphylococcus aureus

(+ +)

Proteus mirabilis

(+ +)

Escherichia coli

(+ +)

Bacillus spp

(+ +)

Coagulase negative Staphylococcus

(+ +)

Acenetobacter spp

(+ +)

Diptheroides

(+ +)

Micrococcus spp

(+ +)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

( +)

Radiology Room

Staphylococcus aureus

(+ +)

Coagulase negative Staphylococcus

(+ +)

Enterobacter spp

(+ +)

Bacillus spp

(+ +)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(+ +)

Enterococcus spp

(+ +)

Diptheroids

(+ +)

Micrococcus spp

(+ +)

Operation Theatre

Staphylococcus aureus

(+ +)

Coagulase negative Staphylococcus

( +)

Bacillus spp

( +)

Enterobacter spp

( +)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

( +)

Micrococcus spp

( +)

Diptheroids

( +)

Toilets

Staphylococcus aureus

(+ +  + +)

Bacillus spp

(+ +  + +)

Escherichia coli

(+ +  + +)

Klebsiella oxytoca

(+ +  + +)

Acenetobacter spp

(+ + +)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(+ + +)

Coagulase negative Staphylococcus

(+ + +)

Proteus mirabilis

(+ + +)

Enterobacter spp

(+ + +)

Micrococcus spp

(+ +)

Diptheroids

(+ +)

  1. KEYS: +  = One or few colonies +  +  = Scanty Growth +  +  +  = Moderate Growth +  +  +  +  = Profuse Growth