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. 2023 Oct 5;23:660. doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08641-x

Table 3.

Drug resistance among biofilm forming and non-biofilm forming UPEC isolates

Resistant to; Biofilm forming E. coli
n (%)
N = 34
Non-biofilm forming
E. coli
n (%)
N = 32
p-value
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid 22 (69) 10 (31) 0.013
Ampicillin 27 (54) 23 (46) 0.30*
Ceftriaxone 12 (60) 8 (40) 0.18*
Ciprofloxacin 15 (65) 8 (35) 0.09
Co-trimoxazole 27 (59) 19 (41) 0.01*
Nitrofurantoin 13 (59) 9 (41) 0.11
MDR 20 (61) 13 (39) 0.17

*P-values are based on Fisher´s exact test