Table 4 Antimicrobial resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Namibia, 2016–2017
2016 (N = 390) | 2017 (N = 472) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antimicrobials | No. of Resistant isolates | No. of isolates tested | %Resistant | No. of Resistant isolates | No. of isolates tested | %Resistant |
Ampicillin | 73 | 86 | 84.9 | 101 | 119 | 84.9 |
Amoxicillin/Clavulanic acid | 23 | 167 | 13.8 | 32 | 251 | 12.7 |
Piperacillin/Tazobactam | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
Cephalothin | 81 | 192 | 42.2 | 89 | 215 | 41.4 |
Cefuroxime | 40 | 138 | 29 | 42 | 147 | 28.6 |
Ceftriaxone | 18 | 55 | 32.7 | 11 | 35 | 31.4 |
Ceftazidime | 2 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 |
Imipenem | 0 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 0.8 |
Nalidixic acid | 35 | 210 | 16.7 | 58 | 267 | 21.7 |
Ciprofloxacin | 18 | 96 | 18.8 | 17 | 114 | 14.9 |
Ofloxacin | 20 | 215 | 9.3 | 29 | 287 | 10.1 |
Gentamicin | 69 | 217 | 31.8 | 70 | 277 | 25.3 |
Nitrofurantoin | 50 | 213 | 23.5 | 65 | 280 | 23.2 |
SXT | 125 | 194 | 64.4 | 127 | 209 | 60.8 |