Table 1.

Overview of resistance in selected pathogens in South East Asia

Organism	Resistant to	National resistance data (%)*	Published resistance data (%)*
Escherichia coli	3rd generation cephalosporins	16-68	19-95
	fluoroquinolones	32-64	4-89
Klebsiella pneumoniae	3rd generation cephalosporins	34-81	5-100
	Carbapenam	0-8	0-55
Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)	β lactams	10-26	2-81
Streptococcus pneumoniae	Penicillin	47-8	0-6
Non-typhoidal Salmonella	Fluoroquinolones	0.2-4	1.4
Shigella sp	Fluoroquinolones	–	0-82
Neisseria gonorrohoeae	3rd generation cephalosporins†	0-5	5-15

Source: WHO. Antimicrobial resistance: global report on surveillance.⁹

*Percentage of resistant isolates out of total isolates of bacteria that were analysed for antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

†Decreased susceptibility to 3rd generation cephalosporins.