Table 5.
Correlation of biofilm production of Gram-negative isolates and the antibiotic resistant pattern with the patient’s clinical conditions
| Organism | Clinical condition | Number of isolates | Biofilm formation |
Antibiotic Resistance Pattern | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong positive | Moderate positive | ||||
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Nonhealing ulcer | 8 | 7 | 1 | Ciprofloxacin, Meropenem, Cefoperazone - Sulbactum |
| Diabetic foot ulcer | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gangrene | 2 | 2 | NA | ||
| Necrotizing fasciitis | 3 | 3 | NA | ||
| Cellulitis | 4 | 4 | NA | ||
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | Nonhealing ulcer | 8 | 5 | 3 | Amoxicillin - Clavulanic acid, Ceftriaxone, Amikacin |
| Diabetic foot infection | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Necrotizing fasciitis | 2 | 2 | NA | ||
| Gangrene | 4 | 4 | NA | ||
| Cellulitis | 2 | 2 | NA | ||
| Acinetobacter baumanii | Necrotizing fasciitis | 2 | 2 | NA | Amoxicillin - Clavulanic acid, ciprofloxacin |
| Nonhealing ulcer | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Diabetic foot ulcer | 1 | 1 | NA | ||
| Cellulitis | 1 | 1 | NA | ||