Microbial Predominance and Antimicrobial Resistance in a Tertiary Hospital in Northwest China: A Six-Year Retrospective Study of Outpatients and Patients Visiting the Emergency Department
Table 2
Annual number and percentage (%) of the types of specimens submitted for the laboratory tests from outpatients and patients visiting emergency department between 2013 and 2018.
Specimen type
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
value
Trend
N
%
N
%
N
%
N
%
N
%
N
%
Urine
919
39.9
778
31.3
805
32.6
970
31.0
1.178
36.1
1.733
32.2
0.025
↓
Sputum
395
17.2
262
10.5
393
15.9
672
21.5
515
15.8
1.077
20.0
<0.001
↑
Whole blood
231
10.0
284
11.4
276
11.2
511
16.3
636
19.5
1.201
22.3
<0.001
↑
Prostatic fluid
248
10.8
491
19.7
321
13.0
220
7.0
254
7.8
348
6.5
<0.001
↓
Pus
29
1.3
33
1.3
43
1.7
81
2.6
142
4.3
179
3.3
<0.001
↑
Dialysate
29
1.3
85
3.4
76
3.1
74
2.4
96
2.9
147
2.7
0.235
No change
Peritoneal drainage
9
0.4
52
2.1
45
1.8
82
2.6
91
2.8
48
0.9
0.709
No change
Pleural effusion and ascites
8
0.3
25
1.0
17
0.7
52
1.7
31
0.9
55
1.0
0.117
No change
Others
435
18.9
477
19.2
491
19.9
465
14.9
323
9.9
590
11.0
<0.001
↓
Total
2.303
100.0
2.487
100.0
2.467
100.0
3.127
100.0
3.266
100.0
5.378
100.0
Pus was collected from skin and mammary gland. Others mainly include cerebrospinal fluid, joint fluid, feces, reproductive tract secretions and bone marrow.
