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. 2004 Oct 11;4:45. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-4-45

Table 5.

Percentage of bacterial isolates from different specimen types resistant to antimicrobial agents

E. coli Klebsiella spp. S. aureus
Drug Blood Other Pa Blood Other Pa Blood Other Pa

Penicillin ... ... ... ... ... ... 91.5 96.9 0.028a
Ampicillin 84.0 79.4 0.803 84.3 85.3 0.759 ... ... ...
Amoxicillin- clavulanate 40.0 27.8 0.383 29.8 31.9 0.873 ... ... ...
Methicillin ... ... ... ... ... ... 1.4 2.2 1.000
Ceftazidime 0.0 5.3 1.000 5.7 6.0 1.000 ... ... ...
Tetracycline 54.5 77.3 0.139 66.7 66.4 1.000 84.6 48.3 <0.001a
Erythromycin ... ... ... ... ... ... 21.1 29.0 0.179
Gentamicin 13.0 7.7 0.416 41.3 12.3 <0.001a ... ... ...
Trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole 72.0 76.3 0.636 63.0 69.1 0.297 ... ... ...
Sulfonamides 83.3 84.0 1.000 86.8 83.4 0.809 ... ... ...
Chloramphenicol 58.3 43.8 0.199 57.9 49.3 0.200 ... ... ...
Fluoroquinolones 40.0 13.1 0.136 0.0 6.5 0.381 ... ... ...

"...", not applicable. a P < 0.05 (Fisher's exact test, 2-tailed) indicates statistical significance of the differences in resistance rates.