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Table 2 Distribution of antibiotics resistance among Enterobacteriaceae isolates, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between Jan to May 2017

From: Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase production and multi-drug resistance among Enterobacteriaceae isolated in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Isolates (number)

Distribution of antibiotics resistance among Enterobacteriaceae isolates (n (%))

CTX

CAZ

CFP

FOX

MER

SXT

CPR

GEN

AMK

AMC

NORa

N/Total

E. coli (n = 228)

125 (54.8)

121 (53.1)

122 (53.5)

50 (21.9)

8 (3.5)

177 (77.6)

146 (64.0)

76 (33.3)

27 (11.8)

160 (70.0)

121/188 (64.3)

K. pneumoniae (n = 103)

89 (86.4)

88 (85.4)

88 (85.4)

24 (23.3)

11 (10.7)

89 (86.4)

52 (50.5)

72 (70.0)

22 (21.3)

87 (85.4)

18/32 (56.2)

E. cloacae (n = 22)

12 (54.5)

11 (50.0)

12 (54.5)

14 (63.6)

0 (0.0)

14 (63.6)

9 (40.9)

9 (40.9)

0 (0.0)

16 (72.7)

3/11 (27.3)

C. diversus (n = 19)

12 (63.2)

12 (63.2)

12 (63.2)

5 (26.3)

1 (5.3)

15 (78.9)

12 (63.2)

10 (52.6)

0 (0.0)

13 (68.4)

6/6 (100)

K. oxytoca (n = 15)

8 (53.3)

8 (53.3)

7 (46.7)

2 (13.3)

1 (6.7)

9 (60.0)

5 (33.3)

5 (33.3)

1 (6.7)

8 (53.3)

3/7 (42.8)

K. ozaenae (n = 13)

7 (53.8)

7 53.8)

6 (46.2)

2 (15.4)

0 (0.0)

8 (61.5)

6 (46.2)

5 (38.5)

0 (0.0)

8 (61.5)

0/5 (0.0)

Citrobacter. spps (n = 10)

5 (50.0)

5 (50.0)

5 (50.0)

7 (70.0)

1 (10)

7 (70.0)

5 (50.0)

3 (30.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (50.0)

5/7 (71.4)

Providencia spps (n = 7)

3 (42.8)

3 (42.8)

3 (42.8)

2 (28.6)

0 (0.0)

3 (42.8)

2 (28.6)

1 (14.3)

0 (0.0)

4 (57.1)

2/4 (50.0)

P. mirabilis (n = 5)

1 (20)

1 (20)

1 (20)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (60)

2 (40)

1 (20)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0/1 (0)

M. morganii (n = 2)

2 (100)

2 (100)

2 (100)

1 (50)

0 (0)

2 (100)

1 (50)

1 (50)

0 (0)

2 (100)

0 (0)

E. aerogens (n = 2)

1 (50)

1 (50)

1 (50)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (50)

0 (50)

1 (50)

0 (0)

1 (50)

0/2 (0)

Total Resistance (N = 426)

265 (62.2)

257 (60.8)

259 (60.3)

107 (25.1)

22 (5.2)

324 (77.0)

240 (46.3)

185 (43.4)

59 (13.8)

305 (71.6)

160/272 (58.8)

  1. Abbreviations: CTX cefotaxime, CAZ ceftazidime, FOX cefoxitin, CFP cefepime, MER meropenem, CPR ciprofloxacin, NOR norfloxacin, SXT sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, GEN gentamycin, AMK amikacin, AMC amoxicillin with calvulanic acid
  2. aNorfloxacin antibiotics disks were used for isolates from urine specimen