Table 3. Antimicrobial resistance of E. coli to sulphamethoxazole-trimethoprim in community-acquired UTI.

Author (Year)	Country/location	% Resistant
Karlowsky28 (2001)	USA(Pennyslvania)	7.4
	USA (Iowa)	33.3
Ishihara29 (2002)	Japan (Gifu)	3.4
Karlmeter30 (2003)	Canada	12.0
	Finland	4.9
	Germany	21.0
	Portugal	26.7
	Ireland	20.8
	United Kingdom	12.2
Jose31 (2003)	Brazil (Sao Paulo)	50.0
Matute32 (2004)	Nicaragua (Leon)	64.0
Al-Tawfiq33 (2006)	Saudi Arabia (Dhahran)	33.0
Stratchounski34 (2006)	Russia	21.0
Akram35 (2007)	India (Aligarh)	76.0
Present study USA (Pennyslvania)	Malaysia	42.0