Table 5.
Antimicrobial resistance pattern of GNB isolated from cancer patients at the University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017
| Antimicrobial tested | GNB isolates, N (%)
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| Escherichia coli | Proteus spp. | Klebsiella pneumoniae | Citrobacter spp. | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Enterobacter spp. | Total | |
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| Ampicillin | 7 (77.8) | 3 (100) | 2 (100.0) | 2 (100.0) | — | 1 (100) | 15 (88.2) |
| Amikacine | 1 (11.8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (5.6) |
| AMC | 8 (88.9) | 2 (66.7) | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 14 (82.4) |
| Ceftriaxone | 3 (33.3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 4 (35.5) |
| Ciprofloxacin | 3 (33.3) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 (27.8) |
| Gentamycin | 2 (22.2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 (27.8) |
| Nalidixic acid | 6 (66.7) | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 8 (57.1) |
| Nitrofurantoin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Norfloxacin | 3 (33.3) | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 5 (35.7) |
| Cefepime | 3 (33.3) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 (27.8) |
| Cefixime | 3 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 6 (35.3) |
Abbreviations: AMC, amoxicillin/clavulonic acid; GNB, gram-negative bacterial.