Table 3.
Antimicrobial resistance of enterobacteria isolated from water obtained from mosques in Elkhomes city
| No (%) resistant to | ||||
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| Antimicrobial agent | Escherichia coli (n=12) | Klebsiella spp. (n=10) | Other enterobacteria1 (n=15) | Total (n=37) |
| Ampicillin | 4 (33.3) | 9 (90) | 14 (93.3) | 27 (80) |
| Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid | 4 (33.3) | 9 (90) | 11 (73.3) | 24 (64.9) |
| Ceftriaxone | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (33.3) | 5 (13.5) |
| Imipenem | 0 (0.0) | 4 (40) | 7 (46.7) | 11 (29.7) |
| Chloramphenicol | 0 (0.0) | 4 (40) | 11 (73.3) | 15 (40.5) |
| Amikacin | 0 (0.0) | 3 (30) | 9 (60) | 12 (32.4) |
| Gentamicin | 0 (0.0) | 3 (30) | 10 (66.7) | 13 (35.1) |
| Streptomycin | 3 (25) | 8 (80) | 13 (86.7) | 24 (64.9) |
| Naladixic acid | 1 (8.3) | 2 (20) | 10 (66.7) | 13 (35.1) |
| Ciprofloxacin | 1 (8.3) | 1 (10) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (5.4) |
| Nitrofurantoin | 1 (8.3) | 4 (40) | 11 (73.3) | 16 (43.2) |
| Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole | 2 (16.7) | 1 (10) | 9 (60) | 12 (32.4) |
| MDR2 | 1 (8.3) | 7 (70) | 11 (73.3) | 19 (48.7) |
1
Other enterobacteria include seven Serratia spp., two Enterobacter aerogenes, four Citrobacter spp., one Proteus mirabilis and one Hafnia alvei.
2
MDR: multidrug resistance (resistance to three or more antimicrobial groups).