Table 4.
Pattern of co-resistance to tested antibiotics among 421 S. pneumoniae isolates
| Individual antibiotic and combination | Absolute number of co-resistance with percentage of total 421 isolates in bracket | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIP† | PEN G† | CTX† | CIP-PEN G | CIP- CTX |
PEN G-CTX | CIP- CTX - PEN G | ||
| 119 (28) | 17 (4) | 9 (2) | 1 (0.2)* | 2 (0.5) | 5 (1)* | 0 (0) | ||
| SXT† | 329 (78) | 86 (20) | 17 (4)* | 9 (2) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.5) | 5 (1) | 0 (0) |
| TET† | 314 (75) | 99 (24)* | 13 (3) | 7 (2) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.5) | 3 (1) | 0 (0) |
| ERY† | 294 (70) | 66 (16)* | 15 (4) | 6 (1) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 4 (1) | 0 (0) |
| SXT - TET | 254 (60)* | 73 (17) | 13 (3) | 7 (2) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.5) | 3 (1) | 0 (0) |
| SXT - ERY | 248 (59)* | 51 (12) | 15 (4) | 6 (1) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 4 (1) | 0 (0) |
| TET - ERY | 241 (57)* | 60 (14) | 13 (3) | 5 (1) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 3 (1) | 0 (0) |
| SXT-TET-ERY | 200 (48) | 45 (11) | 13 (3) | 5 (1) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 3 (1) | 0 (0) |
*Significant different between resistant groups vs. non-resistant groups using χ2 test (p < 0.05).
† TET: tetracycline, PEN G: benzylpenicillin, CTX: cefotaxime, SXT: co-trimoxazole, ERY: erythromycin, CIP: ciprofloxacin.