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Table 3 Multi-drug resistance (MDR) profile of the isolates at FHRH, 2018

From: Bacteriology of community acquired pneumonia in adult patients at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Bacteria isolated

Degree of resistance

Total MDR isolates ≥ R3

R0 (%)

R1 (%)

R2 (%)

R3 (%)

R4 (%)

R5 (%)

R6 (%)

R7 (%)

R8 (%)

S.pneumoniae (n = 60)

2(3.3)

25(41.7)

_

8(13.3)

22(36.7)

_

3 (5)

_

_

33(55)

K.pneumoniae (n = 30)

_

_

_

_

1(3.3)

22(73.3)

7(23.3)

_

_

30(100)

S.aureus (n = 24)

_

_

_

2(8.3)

10(41.7)

7(29.2)

5(20.8)

_

_

24(100)

P.aeruginosa (n = 19)

_

6(31.6)

5(26.3)

5(26.3)

2(10.5)

1(5.3)

_

_

_

8(42.1)

H.infleuenzae (n = 14)

_

_

_

8(57.1)

_

1(7.1)

2(14.3)

3(21.4)

_

14(100)

E.coli (n = 10)

_

1(10)

_

1(10)

1(10)

_

5(50)

2(20)

_

9(90)

P.mirabilis (n = 6)

_

_

1(16.7)

_

_

_

_

2(33.3)

3(50)

5(83.5)

P.vulgaris (n = 4)

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

3(75)

1(25)

4(100)

Total (n = 167)

2(1.2)

32(19.2)

6(3.5)

24(14.4)

36(21.5)

31(18.6)

22(13.2)

10(6)

4(2.4)

127(76)

  1. Note: R0: susceptible to all antibiotics, R1–R8: resistance to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 antibiotics, ≥ R3: resistance to 3 or more antibiotic, MDR: multidrug resistance