Table 5.
Antibiotic resistance profile of Gram-negative bacteria isolates
| Antibiotics | Resistance rate (%)® | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli N = 43 | K. pneumoniae N = 31 | P. aeruginosa N = 8 | A. baumanii N = 14 | E. cloacae N = 9 | B. cepacia N = 1 | M. morgagni N = 2 | |
| Imipenem | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 13.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| Meropenem | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 |
| Ampicillin | 93.0 | 90.0 | – | 93.0 | – | – | – |
| Ampicillin-sulbactam | 67.0 | 67.0 | – | 36.0 | – | – | – |
| Ciprofloxacin | 70.0 | 82.0 | 50.0 | 36.0 | 33.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Levofloxacin | 70.0 | 37.0 | 50.0 | 40.0 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| Moxifloxacin | 14.0 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 33.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Amikacin | 0.0 | 6.0 | 13.0 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| Gentamycin | 63.0 | 68.0 | 50.0 | 56.0 | 67.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Tobramycin | 50.0 | 33.0 | 43.0 | 29.0 | 44.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| Aztreonam | 70.0 | 69.0 | – | – | 50.0 | – | – |
| Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole | 82.0 | 84.0 | – | 93.0 | 100.0 | – | 100.0 |
| Nitrofurantoin | 23.0 | 13.3 | – | 84.0 | 11.0 | – | 100.0 |
| Ceftriaxone | 70.0 | 68.0 | – | 36.0 | 67.0 | – | 50.0 |
| Cefuroxime | 72.0 | 71.0 | – | – | – | – | 100.0 |
| Cefuroxime Axetil | 72.0 | 71.0 | – | – | – | – | 100.0 |
| Cefotetan | 9.0 | 10.0 | – | 69.0 | 8.0 | – | 0.0 |
| Cefazolin | 73.0 | 71.0 | – | 92.0 | 89.0 | – | 100.0 |
| Ceftazidime | 60.0 | 65.0 | 50.0 | 46.0 | 22.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| Cefepime | 62.0 | 58.0 | 25.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
® Percentages = number of resistant antibiotics/total number of antibiotics tested
(−) Indicate not tested