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Table. 3.

Table. 3.

Gram negative rod bacteria showing positive results in modified Hodge test and carbepenemase inhibition test (MHT; N=41, Mero+PBA; N=18, Mero+EDTA; N=8)

Treatment No. Name of organism Number of isolates
MHT 1 Acinetobacter baumannii 9 (22%)
2 Pseudomonas aeruginosa 9 (22%)
3 Klebsiella pneumoniae 8 (19.6%)
4 Escherichia coli 5 (12.2%)
5 Enterobacter cloacae 3 (7.3%)
6 Enterobacter aerogenes 2 (4.9%)
7 Acinetobacter pittii 1 (2.4%)
8 Citrobacter freundii 1 (2.4%)
9 Pseudomonas putida 1 (2.4%)
10 Pseudomonas rhodesiae 1 (2.4%)
11 Serratia marcescens 1 (2.4%)
Total 41 (100%)
MEM+PBA 1 Klebsiella pneumoniae 7 (38.9%)
2 Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4 (22.2%)
3 Escherichia coli 4 (22.2%)
4 Enterobacter aerogenes 2 (11.1%)
5 Citrobacter freundii 1 (5.6%)
Total 18 (100%)
MEM+EDTA 1 Enterobacter cloacae 3 (37.5%)
2 Acinetobacter baumannii 2 (25%)
3 Klebsiella pneumoniae 1 (12.5%)
4 Escherichia coli 1 (12.5%)
5 Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1 (12.5%)
Total 8 (100%)

Abbreviations: MHT, modified Hodge test; MEM, meropenem; EDTA, ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid; PBA, phenylboric acid.

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