TABLE 3.
Multiresistance profiles as numbers and proportions of amoxicillin-resistant bacteria from subjects with and without amoxicillin use in the previous 3 months resistant to three additional antibiotics
| Antimicrobial agent | No. (%) of resistant isolates
|
|
|---|---|---|
| AMXa not used | AMX used | |
| AMX | 46 (35.9) | 33 (34.4) |
| AMX-penicillin | 52 (40.6) | 28 (29.2) |
| AMX-erythromycin | 4 (3.1) | 9 (9.4)b |
| AMX-tetracycline | 5 (3.9) | 3 (3.1) |
| AMX-penicillin-erythromycin | 6 (4.7) | 11 (11.5) |
| AMX-penicillin-tetracycline | 0 (0) | 1 (1.0) |
| AMX-erythromycin-tetracycline | 6 (4.7) | 3 (3.1) |
| AMX-penicillin-erythromycin-tetracycline | 9 (7.0) | 8 (8.3) |
| Total | 128 (100) | 96 (100) |
a
AMX, amoxicillin.
b
P < 0.05 (chi-square test).