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Table 5 Antibiotic resistance profile of Gram-negative bacteria isolates

From: Incidence and risk factors of surgical site infections and related antibiotic resistance in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a prospective cohort study

Antibiotics

Resistance rate (%)®

E. coli

N = 12

K. pneumoniae N = 10

Pseudomonas spp.

N = 4

A. baumanii

N = 5

K. oxytoca

N = 4

P. mirabilis

N = 3

M. morgagni

N = 1

Imipenem

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

25.0

0.0

100.0

Meropenem

0.0

0.0

0.0

–

25.0

0.0

0.0

Ampicillin

81.8

100.0

–

80.0

–

–

–

Ampicillin-sulbactam

75.0

81.8

–

20.0

–

–

–

Ciprofloxacin

100.0

81.8

75.0

36.0

50.0

100.0

0.0

Levofloxacin

100.0

54.5

75.0

40.0

50.0

0.0

0.0

Amikacin

0.0

9.1

50.0

17.0

25.0

100.0

0.0

Gentamycin

68.0

63.0

75.0

56.0

25.0

100.0

0.0

Tobramycin

50.0

72.0

75.0

29.0

75.0

100.0

0.0

Aztreonam

75.0

63.0

–

–

50.0

–

–

Co-trimoxazole

83.3

72.0

–

93.0

75.0

–

0.0

Nitrofurantoin

36.4

13.3

–

84.0

0.0

–

0.0

Ceftriaxone

100.0

90.9

–

36.0

75.0

–

0.0

Cefuroxime

100.0

100.0

–

100.0

100.0

–

100.0

Cefuroxime Axetil

100.0

100.0

–

89.0

75.0

–

100.0

Cefotetan

25.0

0.0

–

69.0

100.0

–

0.0

Cefazolin

81.8

81.8

–

92.0

100.0

–

100.0

Ceftazidime

100.0

100.0

0.0

46.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

Cefepime

81.8

100.0

25.0

29.0

75.0

0.0

0.0

Piperacillin/tazobactam

16.7

9.1

0.0

0.0

25.0

0.0

0.0

  1. ®Percentages = number of resistant antibiotics/total number of antibiotics tested
  2. (–) indicate not tested