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Table 2 Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of the ESBL-producing Enterobacterales isolates showing the susceptible proportion

From: Colonization of patients hospitalized at orthopedic department of tertiary hospital in Uganda with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing enterobacterales

Antibiotic

Total isolates (N = 142)

n (%)

E. coli (N = 108)

n (%)

K.pneumoniae

(N = 23)

n (%)

Citrobacter spp (N = 5)

n (%)

Acinetobacter spp (N = 4)

n (%)

Enterobacter spp (N = 2)

n (%)

Meropenem

138 (97.2)

107 (99.1)

21 (91.3)

5 (100.0)

3 (75.0)

2 (100.0)

Amoxicillin-Clavulanate

34 (23.9)

32 (29.6)

2 (8.7)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Ceftriaxone

9 (6.3)

1 (0.9)

4 (17.4)

1 (20.0)

2 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

Piperacillin-tazobactam

77 (54.2)

48 (44.4)

20 (87)

4 (80.0)

3 (75.0)

2 (100.0)

Cefepime

30 (21.1)

19 (17.6)

5 (21.7)

4 (80.0)

2 (50.0)

0 (0.0)

Ciprofloxacin

43 (30.2)

24 (22.2)

14 (60.9)

3 (60.0)

1 (25.0)

1 (50.0)

Gentamycin

85 (59.9)

60 (55.5)

15 (65.2)

5 (100.0)

4 (100.0)

1 (50.0)

Cefoxitin

74 (52.1)

57 (52.8)

14 (60.9)

0 (0.0)

1 (25.0)

2 (100.0)

Ceftazidime

6(4.2)

2 (1.8)

2 (8.7)

0 (0.0)

2 (50.0)

0 (0.0)

Cefotaxime

3 (2.1)

0 (0.0)

3 (13.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Aztreonam

21 (14.8)

5 (4.6)

8 (34.8)

2 (40.0)

4 (10.0)

2 (100.0)

Temocillin

100 (70.4)

79 (73.1)

20 (87)

1 (20.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Chloramphenicol

85 (59.9)

61 (56.5)

18 (78.2)

5 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (50.0)

Tetracycline

18 (12.7)

7 (6.5)

6 (26.1)

3 (60.0)

2 (50.0)

0 (0.0)

Sulfamethoxazole

24 (16.9)

4 (3.7)

12 (52.2)

4 (80.0)

4 (100.0)

0 (0.0)