Table 1. Number of ciprofloxacin-resistant nontyphoid Salmonella, S. enterica Typhimurium, and S. enterica Choleraesuis isolates from patients treated at 11 major teaching hospitals in different regions of Taiwan, March 2001–August 2001.
| Hospital | % (no. ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates/no. total isolates) of ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates of total nontyphoid Salmonella | % (no.ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates/no. total isolates) of ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates, by serotype | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhimurium | Choleraesuis | Others | ||
| Northern region | 4.3 (7/231) | 3.5 (3/85) | 7.7 (2/26) | 1.7 (2/120) |
| A | 0.0 (0/100) | 0.0 (0/40) | 0.0 (0/13) | 0.0 (0/47) |
| B | 8.2 (4/49) | 0.0 (0/19) | 28.5 (2/7) | 8.7 (2/23) |
| C | 1.7 (1/60) | 5.6 (1/18) | 0.0 (0/3) | 0.0 (0/39) |
| D | 9.1 (2/22) | 25.0 (2/8) | 0.0 (0/3) | 0.0 (0/11) |
| Central region | 3.9 (6/154) | 2.4 (2/85) | 6.1 (2/33) | 5.6 (2/36) |
| E | 5.3 (3/57) | 2.8 (1/36) | 7.1 (1/7) | 7.1 (1/14) |
| F | 7.7 (3/97) | 2.0 (1/49) | 3.8 (1/26) | 4.5 (1/22) |
| Southern region | 2.0 (5/255) | 0.0 (0/155) | 9.5 (4/42) | 1.7 (1/58) |
| G | 0.0 (0/99) | 0.0 (0/67) | 0.0 (0/11) | 0.0 (0/21) |
| H | 2.3 (2/86) | 0.0 (0/55) | 11.8 (2/17) | 0.0 (0/14) |
| I | 4.3 (3/70) | 0.0 (0/33) | 14.3 (2/14) | 4.3 (1/23) |
| Eastern region | ||||
| J | 0.0 (0/31) | 0.0 (0/22) | 0.0 (0/6) | 0.0 (0/3) |
| Total | 2.7 (18/671) | 1.4 (5/347) | 7.5 (8/107) | 2.3 (5/217) |