Table 3.
Comparison of sex-based antibiotic resistance patterns of the E. coli strains isolated from patients with diarrhea
| Antimicrobial agents | Male |
Female |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of resistance | No. of non-resistance | Rate of resistance (%) | No. of resistance | No. of non-resistance | Rate of resistance (%) | |
| AM | 36 | 8 | 82 | 40 | 11 | 78 |
| SAM | 11 | 33 | 25 | 16 | 35 | 31 |
| TZP | 1 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 2 |
| CF | 26 | 18 | 59 | 29 | 22 | 57 |
| FEP | 5 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 49 | 4 |
| CTT | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| CTX∗ | 10 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 47 | 8 |
| FOX∗ | 4 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| IPM | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| AN∗ | 4 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| GM | 18 | 26 | 41 | 18 | 33 | 35 |
| NN | 12 | 32 | 27 | 6 | 45 | 12 |
| NET∗ | 4 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| TE | 32 | 12 | 73 | 33 | 18 | 65 |
| ATM | 5 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 49 | 4 |
| SXT | 24 | 20 | 55 | 25 | 26 | 49 |
∗ A p value <0.05.
AM = ampicillin; AN = amikacin; ATM = aztreonam; CF = cephalothin; CTT = cefotetan; CTX = cefotaxime; FEP = cefepime; FOX = cefoxitin; GM = gentamicin; IPM = imipenem; NET = netilamicin; NN = tobramycin; No. = number; SAM = ampicillin-sulbactam; SXT = trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; TE = tetracycline; TZP = piperacillin/tazobactam.