Table 4.
Antimicrobial resistance of enterobacteria isolated from carpets of mosques in Elkhomes city
| No (%) resistant to | ||||
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| Antimicrobial agent | Escherichia coli (n=6) | Klebsiella spp. (n=33) | Other enterobacteria (n=25)1 | Total (n=64) |
| Ampicillin | 4 (66.7) | 23 (69.7) | 16 (64) | 43 (67.2) |
| Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid | 3 (50) | 16 (48.5) | 9 (36) | 28 (43.8) |
| Ceftriaxone | 1 (16.7) | 10 (30.3) | 10 (40) | 21 (32.8) |
| Imipenem | 1 (16.7) | 5 (15.2) | 3 (12) | 9 (14.1) |
| Chloramphenicol | 2 (33.3) | 10 (30.3) | 10 (40) | 22 (34.4) |
| Amikacin | 1 (16.7) | 4 (12.1) | 1 (64) | 6 (9.4) |
| Gentamicin | 2 (33.3) | 5 (15.2) | 2 (8) | 9 (14.1) |
| Streptomycin | 2 (33.3) | 6 (18.2) | 9 (36) | 17 (26.6) |
| Nalidixic acid | 2 (33.3) | 15 (45.5) | 14 (56) | 31 (48.4) |
| Ciprofloxacin | 2 (33.3) | 7 (21.2) | 2 (8) | 11 (17.2) |
| Nitrofurantoin | 2 (33.3) | 13 (39.4) | 13 (52) | 28 (43.8) |
| Trimethoprin-sulfamethoxazole | 4 (66.7) | 8 (24.2) | 4 (16) | 16 (25) |
| MDR2 | 3 (50) | 14 (42.4) | 13 (52) | 30 (46.9) |
1
Other enterobacteria include nine Hafnia alvei, two Citrobacter spp., two Enterobacter amnigenus, two Enterobacter spp., two Pantoea agglomerans, three Serratia spp. and five Yersinia spp.
2
MDR: multidrug resistance (resistance to three or more antimicrobial groups).