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Table 5 Resistance rates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients and water

From: Surveillance of surgical site infections by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and strain characterization in Tanzanian hospitals does not provide proof for a role of hospital water plumbing systems in transmission

Antimicrobial agent

Patients isolates (17)

Water isolates (39)

P value

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

Amikacin

5 (29.4)

0 (0)

0.0004

Aztreonam

17 (100)

39 (100)

-

Cefepime

1 (5.9)

0 (0)

0.063

Ceftazidime

6 (35.3)

0 (0)

<0.001

Ciprofloxacin

5 (29.4)

6 (15.4)

0.112

Colistin

0 (0)

0 (0)

-

Ertapenem

3 (17.7)

1 (2.6)

0.0256

Fosfomycin

3 (17.7)

24 (61.5)

0.001

Gentamicin

5 (29.4)

5 (12.8)

0.06

Imipinem

3 (17.7)

1 (2.6)

0.0219

Meropenem

3 (17.7)

0 (0)

0.0035

Piperacillin

8 (47.1)

7 (18.0)

0.012

Piperacillin-tazobactam

7 (41.2)

1 (2.6)

0.001

Tobramycin

5 (29.4)

2 (5.1)

0.005