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Table 4 Antimicrobial resistance profiles of the 53 Enterobacteriaceae bacterial species

From: Comparison of antimicrobial resistance patterns of ESBL and non ESBL bacterial isolates among patients with secondary peritonitis at Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza – Tanzania

Antimicrobial agent

Bacterial resistant patterns

E.coli (19)

Klebsiella spp (10)

Citrobacter spp (9)

Unidentified (7)

*Others (8)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

AMP

19 (100.0)

10 (100.0)

9 (100)

7 (100)

8 (100.0)

C

1 (5.3)

1 (20.0)

2 (22)

2 (29)

3 (37.5)

AMC

18 (94.7)

9 (90.0)

8 (88.9)

5 (71.4)

8 (100.0)

CTR

7 (36.8)

4 (40.0)

4 (44.4)

4 (57.1)

5 (55.6)

CAZ

10 (52.6)

4 (40.0)

4 (44.4)

5 (71.4)

3 (55.6)

CO

12 (63.2)

9 (90.0)

8 (89)

5 (71.0)

7 (87.5)

GE

1 (5.3)

3 (30.0)

0 (0)

3 (43.0)

1 (25.0)

CIP

3 (15.8)

1 (10.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

MEM

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  1. AMP ampicillin, C chloramphenicol, AMC amoxycillin-clavulanate, CTR ceftriaxone, CAZ ceftazidime, CO trimethoprim – sulfamethoxazole, GE gentamicin, CIP ciprofloxacin, MEM meropenem, n number of resistant bacterial species.
  2. *Others: Enterobacter spp (3), Salmonella spp (2), Serratia marcescens (1), Morganella morganii (1), and Proteus vulgaris (1)