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Table 7 Multiple antibiotic resistance (MAR) index of E. coli and K. pneumoniae

From: Epidemiology of community origin of major multidrug-resistant ESKAPE uropathogens in a paediatric population in South-East Gabon

MAR index

Isolate frequency (%)

0.00

24.1

0.05

4.0

0.10

2.0

0.15

5.0

0.21

5.0

0.26

11.0

0.31

6.0

0.36

4.0

0.42

10.0

0.47

7.0

0.52

6.0

0.57

4.0

0.63

2.0

0.68

5.0

0.73

2.0

0.78

2.0

0.89

0.9

  1. MAR index was determined for each isolate using the formula MAR = n/N, where n represents the number of antibiotics to which the test isolate showed resistance and N represents the total number of antibiotics to which the test isolate has been evaluated. The MAR index ranged from 0.0 to 1.0