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Table 2 Environmental sample types collected, and the number of each sample type from which Enterobacterales were isolated

From: Tracing the transmission of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales at the patient: ward environmental nexus

Environmental sample type

Total number of samples

Number from which Enterobacterales were isolated

Number from which no Enterobacterales were isolated

Significance (ANOVA)

Stick swab

43

5 (11.6%)

38 (88.3%)

p = ≤ 0.0001

Sponge swab

115

5 (4.3%)

110 (95.6%)

Water

52

27 (51.9%)

25 (48.1%)

Total samples

210

37 (17.6%)

173 (82.3%)

 
  1. Significance was calculated using one-way ANOVA