Table 3.
The multidrugs resistance pattern of the isolates.
| Organisms | % Resistance of the isolates to antibiotics | ANOVA | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIC (100) | KF (100) | CAZ (100) | C/S (60.95) | MEM (87.91) | LVD (11.15) | CXM (100) | PRL (100) | HFX (87.91) | HVX (73.54) | ||||||||||||
| B | UC | B | UC | B | UC | B | UC | B | UC | B | UC | B | UC | B | UC | B | UC | B | UC | ||
| S. aureus | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 41.7 | 75 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 25 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 37.5 | |
| E. coli | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 33.4 | 12.5 | 83.3 | 87.5 | 16.7 | 12.5 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 33.3 | 100 | 33.3 | 75 | |
| Pseudomonas | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 75 | 80 | 87.5 | 0 | 25 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 80 | 100 | 80 | 62.5 | |
| Salmonella | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 50 | 100 | 75 | 90 | 0 | 10 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 90 | 100 | 100 | |
| ANOVA | |||||||||||||||||||||
KEY:
UC: umbilical cord swab samples and B: peripheral blood samples. Figures in brackets represent mean resistance of the isolates to the drugs tested. TIC: ticarcillin 75μg, KF: cephalothin 30μg, CAZ: ceftazidime 30 μg, C/S: ceftriaxone/sulbactam 30 μg, MEM: meropenem 10μg, LVD: levofloxacin 5 μg, CXM: cefuroxime 30 μg, PRL: piperacillin 110 μg, HVX: azithromycin 15 μg, and HFX: ceftriaxone 30 μg.