Table 1 Frequencies of bacterial species isolated from blood cultures of febrile patients attending Mekelle hospital, Northern Ethiopia (March–October 2014)
Bacterial species | No. | % of the total patients (n = 514) |
|---|---|---|
S. aureus | 54 | 10.3 |
CoNS | 44 | 8.5 |
E. coli | 16 | 3.1 |
Citrobacter spp. | 9 | 1.7 |
S. typhi | 8 | 1.6 |
S. pyogenes | 5 | 1.0 |
Acinetobacter spp. | 4 | 0.8 |
S. paratyphi | 2 | 0.4 |
P. mirabilis | 1 | 0.2 |
Klebsiella spp. | 1 | 0.2 |
P. aeruginosa | 1 | 0.2 |
Total | 144 | 28 |