Table 2.
Susceptibility testing profile of K. pneumoniae strains among different clinical specimens and age groups
| Ciprofloxacin | Chloramphenicol | Gentamicin | Imipenem | Ceftazidime | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sensitive | Resistant | Sensitive | Resistant | Sensitive | Resistant | Sensitive | Resistant | Sensitive | Resistant | |||||||||||
| Sex N = 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 20 | (48%) | 13 | (72%) | 17 | (46%) | 16 | (70%) | 17 | (47%) | 16 | (67%) | 31 | (56%) | 2 | (40%) | 10 | (56%) | 23 | (55%) |
| Female | 22 | (52%) | 5 | (28%) | 20 | (54%) | 7 | (30%) | 19 | (53%) | 8 | (33%) | 24 | (44%) | 3 | (60%) | 8 | (44%) | 19 | (45%) |
| p | 0.082 | 0.076 | 0.143 | 0.49 | 0.95 | |||||||||||||||
| Sample N = 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Urine | 27 | (64%) | 10 | (56%) | 24 | (65%) | 13 | (57%) | 24 | (67%) | 13 | (54%) | 37 | (67%) | 0 | (0%) | 15 | (83%) | 22 | (52%) |
| Blood | 8 | (19%) | 6 | (33%) | 7 | (19%) | 7 | (30%) | 6 | (17%) | 8 | (33%) | 10 | (18%) | 4 | (80%) | 0 | (0%) | 14 | (33%) |
| Wound swab | 3 | (7%) | 2 | (11%) | 3 | (8%) | 2 | (9%) | 3 | (8%) | 2 | (8%) | 4 | (7%) | 1 | (20%) | 1 | (6%) | 4 | (10%) |
| Sputum | 4 | (10%) | 0 | (0%) | 3 | (8%) | 1 | (4%) | 3 | (8%) | 1 | (4%) | 4 | (7%) | 0 | (0%) | 2 | (11%) | 2 | (5%) |
| p | 0.80 | 0.95 | 0.83 | 0.23 | 0.38 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 42 | 18 | 37 | 23 | 36 | 24 | 55 | 5 | 18 | 42 | ||||||||||
p = p-value, N = number