The antibiotic name amoxicillin appears incorrectly throughout the article. The correct antibiotic name is amoxicillin-clavulanate.
The antibiotic name amoxicillin appears incorrectly in Tables 3 and 5. Please see the correct Tables 3 and 5 below.
Table 3. Susceptibility profile of E. coli, other uropathogens, ESBL producing isolates.
| Antibiotic agents | E. coli isolates n = 107/141 (75.9%) | Other uropathogens isolates n = 34/141 (24.1%) | ESBL producing isolates n = 14/141 (9.9%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susceptibilitya n (%) | S | I | R | S | I | R | S | I | R |
| Amoxicillin-clavulanate | 84 (78.5%) | 21 (19.6%) | 2 (1.9%) | 32 (94.1%) | 1 (2.9%) | 1 (2.9%) | 6 (42.9%) | 8 (57.1%) | 0 (0%) |
| Ampicillin | 41 (38.3%) | 2 (1.9%) | 64 (59.8%) | 16 (47.1%) | 0 (0%) | 18 (52.9%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 14 (100%) |
| Ciprofloxacin | 82 (76.6%) | 0 (0%) | 25 (23.4%) | 31 (91.2%) | 3 (8.8%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (35.7%) | 1 (7.1%) | 8 (57.1%) |
| Co-trimoxazole | 73 (68.2%) | 0 (0%) | 34 (31.8%) | 30 (88.2%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (11.8%) | 5 (35.7%) | 0 (0%) | 9 (64.3%) |
| Gentamicin | 80 (74.8%) | 0 (0%) | 27 (25.2%) | 30 (88.2) | 2 (5.9%) | 2 (5.9%) | 8 (57.1%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (42.9%) |
| Nitrofurantoin | 105 (98.1%) | 1 (0.9%) | 1 (0.9%) | 25 (73.5%) | 6 (17.6%) | 3 (8.8%) | 12 (85.7%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (14.3%) |
aS = sensitive; I = intermediate, R = resistant.
Table 5. Antibiotic prescription and uropathogen sensitivity and resistance.
| E.coli isolates n = 107 | Other uropathogens n = 34 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public n = 47 | Private n = 60 | Public n = 13 | Private n = 21 | |
|
Empirical antibiotics n (%) |
43 (91.5%) | 49 (81.7%) | 13 (100%) | 17 (81%) |
|
No antibiotic prescribed n (%) |
4 (8.5%) | 11 (18.3%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (19%) |
|
Antibiotic matchinga
(overall) n (%) |
39/43 (90.7%) | 29/49 (59.2%) | 11/13 (84.6%) | 8/17 (47.1%) |
| OR (95% CI), P value | 6.72 (2.07–21.80), p = 0.001c | 1.00 | 6.19 (1.04–36.78), p = 0.034c | 1.00 |
|
Antibiotic resistanceb
(overall) n (%) |
1/43 (2.3%) | 1/49 (2.0%) | 0 (0%) | 2/17 (11.8%) |
| OR (95% CI), P value | 1.14 (0.07–18.84), p = 0.926 | 1.00 | NA, p = 0.201 | 1.00 |
aIsolates were sensitive to physicians prescribed antibiotics (amoxicillin-clavulanate, ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, co-trimoxazole, gentamicin and nitrofurantoin).
bIsolates were resistant to physicians prescribed antibiotics (amoxicillin-clavulanate, ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, co-trimoxazole, gentamicin and nitrofurantoin).
cStatistically significant at P<0.05.
The antibiotic name amoxicillin appears incorrectly in Fig 2. The authors have provided the corrected version here.
Fig 2. Antibiotic prescription rate among patients (n = 245).
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