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. 2020 Jul 22;39(12):2387–2396. doi: 10.1007/s10096-020-03992-8

Table 2.

Distribution and statistical analysis of resistant GBS strains during the 5-year study period

Total no. Pen-R Amp-R Cef-R Van-R Lev-R Cli-R Ery-R Total no. R*
2015 550 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 8 (1.4%) 120 (21.8%) 138 (25.1%) 266 (48.3%)
2016 648 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 20 (3.1%) 130 (20.1%) 143 (22.1%) 293 (45.3%)
2017 700 1 (0.1%) 1 (0.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 35 (5.0%) 270 (38.6%) 378 (54.0%) 685 (97.8%)
2018 750 2 (0.3%)** 1 (0.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 38 (5.1%) 260 (34.7%) 337 (44.9%) 638 (85.1%)
2019 846 3 (0.3%)*** 3 (0.3%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 60 (7.1%) 310 (36.6%) 406 (48.0%) 782 (92.3%)
5 years 3494 6 (0.2%) 5 (0.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 161 (4.6%) 1090 (31.2%) 1402 (40.1%) 2664 (76.2%)
p Value 2.12E–14 2.26E–01 1.99E–01 9.00E–07 2.20E–16 2.20E–16 2.20E–16
χ2 70.14 5.67 6.00 48.10 138.90 241.30 422.33

Pen-R penicillin-resistant, Amp-R ampicillin-resistant, Cef-R cefditoren-resistant, Van-R vancomycin-resistant, Lev-R levofloxacin-resistant, Cli-R clindamycin-resistant, Ery-R erythromycin-resistant. *Many strains were multidrug-resistant. **One strain with reduced penicillin susceptibility (PRGBS). ***One strain resistant to both macrolides and fluoroquinolones (multidrug-resistant)