Table 2.
Isolated bacteria and their resistance rates to antimicrobial agents in 139* urine samples
Bacterium % resistance (n, %) |
Ampicillin |
Ampicillin- Sulbactam |
Cefuroxime | Ceftriaxone | Amoxicillin-clavulonate | Fluoroquinolones | Gentamicin | TMP-SMX§ |
E. coli % resistance (107, 71.3%) |
55.1 | 32.7 | 23.4 | 15.9 | 32.7 | 25.2 | 6.1 | 41.1 |
Staphylococcus spp. % resistance (12, 8%) |
_** | 41.7 | 41.7 | _** | 41.7 | 41.7 | 41.7 | 33.3 |
Streptococcus spp. % resistance (7, 4.7%) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _** | _** |
Klebsiella spp. % resistance (6, 4%) |
100 | 16.7 | 16,7 | 0 | 16,7 | 0 | 16.7 | 16,7 |
Proteus spp. % resistance (2, 1.3%) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Enterococcus spp. % resistance (5, 3.3%) |
0 | _** | _** | _** | _** | 20 | 40 | _** |
* Candida isolates were not included; n = number of isolates; ** = not determined; § = co-trimoxazole