Table 2.
Multidrug resistance pattern of enterobacteriaceae among UTI suspects at the University of Gondar Hospital, February to May 2014
| Isolates | Degree of resistance | Total MDR isolates (≥R2) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R0 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | ≥R9 | ||
| E. coli (N = 112) | 2 (1.8) | 6 (5.4) | __ | 5 ( 4.5) | 28 (25) | 24 (21.4) | 32 (28.6) | 9 (8.0) | 4 (3.6) | 2 (1.8) | 104 (92.9) |
| K. pneumoniae (N = 29) | __ | 1 (3.4) | __ | 3 (10.3) | 5 (17.2) | 6 (20.7) | 4 (13.8) | 3 (10.3) | 4 (13.8) | 3 (10.3) | 28 (95.6) |
| Enterobacter spp. (N = 16) | 2 (12.5) | 1 (6.3) | __ | 1 (6.3) | 2 (12.5) | 3 (18.8) | 5 (31.3) | 1 (6.3) | __ | 1 (6.3) | 13 (81.3) |
| Citrobacter spp. (N = 6) | 1 (16.7) | __ | 1 (16.7) | __ | 1 (16.7) | __ | 2 (33.3) | __ | 1 (16.7) | __ | 5 (83.3) |
| Proteus spp. (N = 9) | 5 (55.6) | 3 (33.3) | __ | ___ | ___ | 1 (11.1) | ___ | __ | __ | __ | 1 (11.1) |
| Other Klebsiella spp. (N = 11) | __ | 2 (18.2) | __ | __ | ___ | 3 (27.3) | 3 (27.3) | 1 (9.1) | 1 (9.1) | 1 (9.1) | 9 (81.8) |
| Total (N = 183) | 10 (5.5) | 13 (7.1) | 1 (0.5) | 9 (4.9) | 36 (19.7) | 37 (20.2) | 46 (25.1) | 14 (7.7) | 10 (5.5) | 2 (1.1) | 160 (87.4) |
Note: Data are in number (%) unless otherwise indicated.
R0: susceptible to all antibiotics, R1-8: resistance to 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 antibiotics, ≥R9: resistance to 9 or more antibiotics, ≥R2: resistance to 2 or more antibiotics.