Table 3.
Multiple antimicrobial resistance patterns of E. coli isolates from clinical sources at Dessie regional laboratory (2003 – 2010)
| Antibiogram (No (%) | |||||||||
| Source /Sample | R0 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 |
| Urine (n=203) | 15(7.4) | 32(15.8) | 53(16.2) | 45(22.2) | 43(21.1) | 11(5.4) | 3(1.5) | - | 1(0.5) |
| Ear (n=146) | 17(9.6) | 30(21.9) | 38(25.3) | 27(17.1) | 18(14.4) | 9(5.5) | 6(5.5) | 1(0.7) | |
| Wound (n=82) | 9(11.0) | 11(13.4) | 17(20.7) | 23(28.0) | 14(17.1) | 6(7.3) | 1(1.2) | 1(1.2) | |
| Eye (n=15) | - | - | 1(13.3) | 7(40.0) | 4(26.7) | 2(13.3) | 1(6.7) | - | |
| Total =446 | 38(8.5) | 75(16.8) | 109(24.4) | 99(22.2) | 82(18.4) | 27(6.1) | 13(2.9) | 2(0.4) | 1(0.2) |
R0= Sensitive to all tested antimicrobials; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R8 -Resistant to one, two, three, four, five, six, eight antimicrobials, respectively.