Research Article
Carbapenem Resistance among Enterobacter Species in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Central India
Table 1
Phenotypic characterization and distribution of
Enterobacter spp. isolates (
) from clinical samples.
| Samples | Number of isolates | Carbapenem resistance by disc diffusion | MHT | CDST | DDST | MBL -test |
| Urine | 40 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | Blood | 32 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 18 | Pus | 22 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | Sputum | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Body fluids (synovial, pleural, and ascitic fluid) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Endotracheal | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | BAL | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Tissue | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Total | 130 | 70 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 48 |
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