Identification of multidrug-resistant bacteria and Bacillus cereus from healthcare workers and environmental surfaces in a hospital

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Table 1 Bacteria isolated from healthcare workers (HCWs) and environment surfaces (ES) in Elkhomes hospital

	No (%) positive
Organism	HCWs (n=25)	ES (n=30)	Total (n=55)
Staphylococcus aureus	3 (12)	0 (0.0)	3 (5.5)
S. haemolyticus	3 (12)	7 (23.3)	10 (18.2)
S. hominis	5 (20)	4 (13.3)	9 (16.4)
S. epidermidis	3 (12)	1 (3.3)	4 (7.3)
S. cohnii subsp. cohnii	1 (4)	2 (6.7)	3 (5.5)
S. kloosii	1 (4)	2 (6.7)	3 (5.5)
S. saprophyticus	1 (4)	1 (3.3)	2 (3.6)
S. capitis subsp. ureolyticus	1 (4)	1 (3.3)	2 (3.6)
S. capitis subsp. capitis	2 (8)	0 (0.0)	2 (3.6)
S. lentus	1 (4)	1 (3.3)	2 (3.6)
S. gallinarum	1 (4)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.8)
S. equorum	1 (4)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.8)
Micrococcus luteus	1 (4)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.8)
Bacillus cereus	3 (12)	12 (40)*	15 (27.3)
Paenibacillus alvei	0 (0.0)	1 (3.3)	1 (1.8)
Lysinbacillus sphaericus	0 (0.0)	1(3.3)	1 (1.8)
Corynebacterium matruchotii	1 (4)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.8)
Pantoea agglomerans	0 (0.0)	1 (3.3)	1 (1.8)
Ralstonia pickettii	1 (4)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.8)
Pseudomonas putida	1 (4)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.8)
Acinetobacter baumanni	0 (0.0)	1 (3.3)	1 (1.8)
Acinetobacter lwoffii/haemolyticus	1 (4)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.8)

*Significantly higher than prevalence among HCWs (P<0.03, OR=4.89).