TABLE 2.
Antibiotic resistance of the E. coli afa-8 strains by epidemiological source
| Host | Source | ARSa | % Strains resistant to the following antimicrobial agentb:
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| AMX | TIC | TZP | PIP | CEF | CXT | FOX | CAZ | FEP | CPO | TOB | AMK | GEN | NET | SXT | NAL | PEF | |||
| Human | Pyelonephritis + UTI (n = 18) | 5.6 | 83 | 66 | 5 | 72 | 83 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 6 |
| Human | Bacteremia (n = 14) | 7.6 | 86 | 86 | 46 | 86 | 94 | 33 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 40 | 6 |
| Animal | Bacteremia (n = 19) | 9.1 | 94 | 52 | 10 | 47 | 100 | 74 | 47 | 63 | 47 | 47 | 32 | 42 | 26 | 31 | 47 | 31 | 31 |
| Animal | Enteritis, non-STEC (n = 19) | 5.4 | 76 | 52 | 16 | 56 | 80 | 32 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 56 | 20 | 12 |
| Animal | Enteritis, STEC (n = 7) | 5.3 | 86 | 71 | 14 | 42 | 57 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 14 | 0 |
a
ARS, antibiotic resistance score, which corresponds to the mean number of agents to which the strains were found to be resistant.
b
AMX, amoxicillin; TIC, ticarcillin; TZP, piperacillin-tazobactam; PIP, piperacillin; CEF, cephalothin; CTX, cefotaxime; FOX, cefoxitin; CAZ, ceftazidime; FEP, cefepime; CPO, cefpirom; TOB, tobramycin; AMK, amikacin; GEN, gentamicin; NET, netilmicin; STX, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim; NAL, nalidixic acid; PEF, pefloxacin.