Table 2.
Summary of antibiotic resistance trends, Harare 2012–2017
| Antibiotic | Bacteria | Yearly Resistance rates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||
| Amoxicillin | E.coli | 96.2 | 98.9 | 88.9 | 84.1 | 88.6 | 97.4 |
| S. pneumoniae | 4.4 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 54.6 | 56.5 | 56.3 | |
| Augmentin | E.coli | 20.1 | 23.7 | 29.7 | 35.1 | 36.8 | 40.2 |
| S. pneumoniae | 5.2 | 15.2 | 33.3 | 44.5 | 71.4 | 55.6 | |
| S. aureus | 6.8 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 2.0 | |
| 3rd gen cephalosporins | E.coli | 20.3 | 23.5 | 29.6 | 33.2 | 32.2 | 34.9 |
| A.baumannii | 69.1 | 60.7 | 61.3 | 37.5 | 40.9 | 29.8 | |
| P. aeruginosa | 11.4 | 12.9 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 13.8 | 9.2 | |
| Salmonella spp | 7.6 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 10.7 | 9.4 | 6.3 | |
| N. gonorrhoea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| S. pneumonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Meropenem | A.baumannii | 1.8 | 6.9 | 9.1 | 4.4 | 17.0 | 15.4 |
| P.aeruginosa | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 | |
| Ecoli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| Methicillin | S. aureus | 6.9 | 8.5 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 2.3 |
| Fluoroquinolones | Salmonella spp | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 7.7 | 6.5 |
| Campylobacter spp | 35.3 | 35.0 | 46.4 | 45.0 | 63.6 | 40.0 | |