Table 3.
Mean resistance rates of enterococci against 12 most studied antibiotics among general and complicated cases during 2001–2016 in Iran
| Antibiotic | Total studies (n) | Total isolates (n) | Total mean resistance (%) |
Significance of difference between general and complicated cases (p) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General cases | Complicated cases | ||||
| Vancomycin | 32 | 6703 | 15.6 | 26 | 0.597 |
| Gentamicin | 21 | 4155 | 51 | 76 | 0.440 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 20 | 3885 | 35 | 61 | 0.155 |
| Penicillin | 19 | 3885 | 74 | 58 | 0.560 |
| Ampicillin | 18 | 5141 | 43.5 | 39 | 0.676 |
| Erythromycin | 17 | 4656 | 58.3 | 85 | 0.425 |
| Nitrofurantoin | 15 | 1962 | 19 | 35 | 0.235 |
| Chlorophenol | 14 | 2503 | 17 | 27 | 0.604 |
| Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole | 14 | 2346 | 49 | 100 | 0.141 |
| Tetracycline | 12 | 2592 | 56 | — | — |
| Imipenem | 10 | 1978 | 22 | 41 | 0.065 |
| Teicoplanin | 10 | 1599 | 23.2 | 39 | 0.289 |