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. 2023 Mar 30;8(4):205. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8040205

Table 2.

Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility among multi-resistant P. aeruginosa isolates.

Antibiotics Total
n (%)
(Total = 3579)
P. aeruginosa Isolates p-Value
P. aeruginosa
n (%)
(Total = 2798)
MDR
n (%)
(Total = 348)
XDR
n (%)
(Total = 422)
PDR
n (%)
(Total = 11)
Ceftazidime
Sensitive 2529 (70.7) 2498 (89.3) 25 (7.2) 6 (1.4) 0 (0) <0.001 **
Intermediate 117 (3.3) 78 (2.8) 31 (8.9) 8 (1.9) 0 (0)
Resistant 933 (26.1) 222 (7.9) 292 (83.9) 408 (96.7) 11 (100)
Cefepime
Sensitive 2617 (73.1) 2567 (91.7) 42 (12.1) 8 (1.9) 0 (0) <0.001 **
Intermediate 92 (2.6) 33 (1.2) 39 (11.2) 20 (4.7) 0 (0)
Resistant 870 (24.3) 198 (7.1) 267 (76.7) 394 (93.4) 11 (100)
Ciprofloxacin
Sensitive 2783 (77.8) 2554 (91.3) 218 (62.6) 11 (2.6) 0 (0) <0.001 **
Intermediate 159 (4.4) 95 (3.4) 36 (10.3) 28 (6.6) 0 (0)
Resistant 637 (17.8) 149 (5.3) 94 (27) 383 (90.8) 11 (100)
Piperacillin-Tazobactam
Sensitive 2573 (71.9) 2516 (89.9) 44 (12.6) 13 (3.1) 0 (0) <0.001 **
Intermediate 394 (11) 178 (6.4) 114 (32.8) 102 (24.2) 0 (0)
Resistant 612 (17.1) 104 (3.7) 190 (54.6) 307 (72.7) 11 (100)
Gentamicin
Sensitive 3085 (86.2) 2709 (96.8) 274 (78.7) 102 (24.2) 0 (0) <0.001 **
Intermediate 77 (2.2) 38 (1.4) 12 (3.4) 27 (6.4) 0 (0)
Resistant 417 (11.7) 51 (1.8) 62 (17.8) 293 (69.4) 11 (100)
Amikacin
Sensitive 3313 (92.6) 2776 (99.2) 317 (91.1) 220 (52.1) 0 (0) <0.001 **
Intermediate 66 (1.8) 7 (0.3) 9 (2.6) 50 (11.8) 0 (0)
Resistant 200 (5.6) 15 (0.5) 22 (6.3) 152 (36) 11 (100)
Imipenem
Sensitive 2365 (66.1) 2270 (81.1) 85 (24.4) 10 (2.4) 0 (0) <0.001 **
Intermediate 158 (4.4) 139 (5) 16 (4.6) 3 (0.7) 0 (0)
Resistant 1056 (29.5) 389 (13.9) 247 (71) 409 (96.9) 11 (100)
Meropenem
Sensitive 2555 (71.4) 2446 (87.4) 99 (28.4) 10 (2.4) 0 (0) <0.001 **
Intermediate 108 (3) 88 (3.1) 15 (4.3) 5 (1.2) 0 (0)
Resistant 916 (25.6) 264 (9.4) 234 (67.2) 407 (96.4) 11 (100)
Colistin
Sensitive 3234 (90.4) 2546 (91) 308 (88.5) 380 (90) 0 (0) <0.001 **
Intermediate 305 (8.5) 241 (8.6) 33 (9.5) 31 (7.3) 0 (0)
Resistant 40 (1.1) 11 (0.4) 7 (2) 11 (2.6) 11 (100)
Levofloxacin
Sensitive 2587 (72.3) 2412 (86.2) 155 (44.5) 20 (4.7) 0 (0) <0.001 **
Intermediate 261 (7.3) 179 (6.2) 65 (18.7) 17 (4) 0 (0)
Resistant 729 (20.4) 207 (6.4) 126 (36.2) 385 (91.2) 11 (100)
Aztreonam
Sensitive 2124 (59.3) 2043 (73) 54 (15.5) 27 (6.4) 0 (0) <0.001 **
Intermediate 381 (10.6) 306 (10.9) 40 (11.5) 35 (8.3) 0 (0)
Resistant 1065 (29.8) 442 (15.8) 253 (72.7) 359 (85.1) 11 (100)

* Statistically significant; the number of * represents the degree of significance.