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. 2014 Nov;20(11):1949–1951. doi: 10.3201/eid2011.140835

Table. Antimicrobial drug resistance among frequently isolated bacterial isolates from Syrian patients with war-associated wound infections, August 2011–March 2013*.

Antimicrobial drug No. MDR resistant isolates/no. total (%)
Staphylococcus aureus, N = 19 Pseudomonas aeruginosa, N = 10 Escherichia coli, N = 8 Acinetobacter baumannii, N = 6
Amikacin 1/ 11 (9) 1/7 (14) 6/6 (100)
Ampicillin 5/5 (100)
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid 6/6 (100)
Cefotaxime 6/8 (75)
Ceftriaxone 5/8 (62)
Ceftazidime 3/9 (33) 5/8 (62) 4/4 (100)
Cefepime 5/8 (62) 5/5 (100)
Cefixime 5/8 (62) 5/5 (100)
Ciprofloxacin 7/17 (41) 5/8 (62) 2/7 (28) 5/5 (100)
Colistin NA NA 0/5
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 3/14 (21) 3/5 (60)
Gentamicin 10/18 (55) 4/9 (44) 4/8 (50) 6/6 (100)
Piperacillin/tazobactam 2/9 (22) 3/7 (42) NA
Imipenem 0/9 1/7 (14) 4/5 (80)
Penicillin 9/10 (90)
Oxacillin 7/17 (41)
Clindamycin 9/17 (52)
Rifampin 6/15 (40)
Fusidic acid 10/15 (66)

*Blank cells indicate that testing was not done.