Table 3 Antimicrobial resistance of E. coli in 2016–2017 in Namibia, 2016–2017
2016 (n = 2659) | 2017 (n = 2909) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antimicrobials | No. of Resistant isolates | No. of isolates tested | %Resistant | No. of Resistant isolates | No. of isolates tested | %Resistant |
Ampicillin | 410 | 541 | 75.8 | 580 | 746 | 77.7 |
Amoxicillin-Clavulanic acid | 153 | 1245 | 12.3 | 299 | 1551 | 19.3 |
Piperacillin/Tazobactam | 4 | 112 | 3.6 | 7 | 186 | 3.8 |
Cephalothin | 481 | 1467 | 32.8 | 564 | 1345 | 41.9 |
Cefuroxime | 213 | 1186 | 18.0 | 268 | 1195 | 22.4 |
Ceftriaxone | 83 | 460 | 18.0 | 73 | 332 | 22.0 |
Ceftazidime | 15 | 67 | 22.4 | 8 | 76 | 10.5 |
Imipenem | 4 | 470 | 0.9 | 4 | 713 | 0.6 |
Nalidixic acid | 651 | 1700 | 38.3 | 671 | 1744 | 38.5 |
Ciprofloxacin | 180 | 935 | 19.3 | 160 | 982 | 16.3 |
Ofloxacin | 265 | 1699 | 15.6 | 290 | 1790 | 16.2 |
Gentamicin | 309 | 1734 | 17.8 | 340 | 1819 | 18.7 |
Nitrofurantoin | 163 | 1730 | 9.4 | 224 | 1803 | 12.4 |
SXT | 1257 | 1550 | 81.1 | 1031 | 1336 | 77.2 |