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Table 1 Vaginal colonization with antimicrobial drug-resistant potentially pathogenic gram-negative bacteria among study women in labor

From: Vaginal colonization with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria among women in labor in central Uganda: prevalence and associated factors

Antibioticsa

Number of the 1472 study women who were colonized with resistant bacteria (prevalence of colonization/proportion of isolates, in %)

E. coli (n = 504/508)c

K. pneumoniae (n = 144/145)

Enterobacter spp. (n = 32/32)

K. oxytoca (n = 23/23)

Citrobacter spp. (n = 107/107)

Acinetobacter spp. (n = 32/32)

Pseudomonas spp. (n = 3/3)

Proteus spp. (n = 3/3)

Ampicillin

454 (30.8/89.4)

141 (9.6/97.2)

31 (2.1/96.9)

22 (1.5/95.7)

105 (7.1/98.1)

NA

0 [6]

1 (0.1/33.3)

Amoxycillin-Clavulanic acid

366 (24.9/72.0)

120 (8.2/82.8)

31 (2.1/96.9)

14 (0.9/60.9)

80 (5.4/74.8)

NA

NA

1 (0.1/33.3)

Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole

354 (24.0/69.7)

90 (6.1/62.1)

17 (1.2/53.1)

9 (0.6/39.1)

56 (3.8/52.3)

21 (1.4/65.6)

NA

0 [6]

Ciprofloxacin

74 (5.0/14.6)

26 (1.8/17.9)

3 (0.2/9.4)

1 (0.1/4.3)

18 (1.2/16.8)

9 (0.6/28.1)

0 [6]

0 [6]

Chloramphenicol

103 (7.0/20.3)

36 (2.4/24.8)

5 (0.3/15.6)

4 (0.3/17.4)

18 (1.2/16.8)

4 (0.3/12.5)

0 [6]

0 [6]

Gentamicin

111 (7.5/21.9)

37 (2.5/25.5)

6 (0.4/18.8)

3 (0.2/13.0)

22 (1.5/20.6)

7 (0.5/21.9)

1 (0.1/33.3)

0 [6]

Amikacin

125 (8.5/24.6)

33 (2.2/22.8)

9 (0.6/28.1)

2 (0.1/8.7)

19 (1.3/17.8)

6 (0.4/18.8)

0 [6]

0 [6]

Ceftriaxone

92 (6.3/18.1)

42 (2.9/29.0)

4 (0.3/12.5)

4 (0.3/17.4)

31 (2.1/29.0)

NA

NA

0 [6]

Cefuroxime

366 (24.9/72.0)

92 (6.3/63.4)

28 (1.9/87.5)

8 (0.5/34.8)

83 (5.6/77.6)

NA

NA

1 (0.1/33.3)

Ceftazidime

55 (3.7/10.8)

30 (2.0/20.7)

1 (0.1/3.1)

3 (0.2/13.0)

7 (0.5/6.5)

13 (0.9/40.6)

0 [6]

0 [6]

Imipenem

41 (2.8/8.1)

19 (1.3/13.1)

9 (0.6/28.1)

1 (0.1/4.3)

27 (1.8/25.2)

2 (0.1/6.3)

0 [6]

0 [6]

Tetracycline

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

9 (0.6/28.1)

0 [6]

NA

Piperacillin

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

16 (1.1/50.0)

0 [6]

NA

Piperacillin-Tazobactam

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

11 (0.7/34.4)

0 [6]

NA

Colistin

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

0 [6]

NA

ESBL-producing bacteria

36 (2.4/7.1)

16 (1.1/11.0)

1 (0.1/3.1)

1 (0.1/4.3)

3 (0.2/2.8)

NA

NA

0 [6]

Carbapenem-resistant bacteria

41 (2.8/8.1)

19 (1.3/13.1)

9 (0.6/28.1)

1 (0.1/4.3)

27 (1.8/25.2)

2 (0.1/6.3)

0 [6]

0 [6]

MDR

426 (28.9/83.9)

89 (6.0/61.4)

22 (1.5/68.8)

6 (0.4/26.1)

62 (4.2/57.9)

18 (1.2/56.3)

2 (0.1/66.7)

1 (0.1/33.3)

MDRb

350 (23.8/68.9)

54 (3.7/37.2)

12 (0.8/37.5)

4 (0.3/17.4)

32 (2.2/29.9)

18 (1.2/56.3)

2 (0.1/66.7)

1 (0.1/33.3)

  1. aNA indicates that the antibiotic was not tested or was not relevant for the given organism
  2. bMDR excluding ESBL-producing and carbapenem-resistant bacteria
  3. cThe two numbers in parentheses indicate number of colonized women and the number of isolates of each given species, respectively