Table 5.
Antibiotic-resistance pattern of the Escherichia coli strains isolated from fertile and infertile women
| Groups of women (No. of UPEC strains) | Antibiotic-resistance pattern (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kana | TE30 | S10 | C30 | SXT | GM10 | NFXS | CF30 | CIP5 | TMP5 | F/M300 | AM10 | NLX | imp | AM30 | MZL | Cef30 | pip | CTMX | CLN | CFTI | tob | ||
| Infertile women | History of UTIs (16) | 9 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| No history of UTIs (10) | 2 | 9 | 5 | — | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 5 | 3 | — | |
| Total (26) | 11 (42.30) | 25 (96.15) | 13 (50) | 2 (7.69) | 13 (50) | 21 (80.76) | 14 (53.84) | 14 (53.84) | 13 (50) | 11 (42.30) | 9 (34.61) | 21 (80.76) | 7 (26.92) | 3 (11.53) | 11 (42.30) | 6 (23.07) | 7 (26.92) | 6 (23.07) | 12 (46.15) | 14 (53.84) | 10 (38.46) | 5 (19.23) | |
| Fertile women | History of UTIs (13) | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| No history of UTIs (5) | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | |
| Total (18) | 8 (44.44) | 14 (77.77) | 7 (38.88) | 1 (5.55) | 10 (55.55) | 13 (72.22) | 9 (50) | 9 (50) | 9 (50) | 9 (50) | 8 (44.44) | 14 (77.77) | 2 (11.11) | 1 (5.55) | 7 (38.88) | 4 (22.22) | 3 (16.66) | 4 (22.22) | 4 (22.22) | 6 (33.33) | 5 (27.77) | 2 (11.11) | |
| Total (44) | 19 (43.18) | 39 (88.63) | 20 (45.45) | 3 (6.81) | 23 (52.27) | 34 (77.27) | 23 (52.27) | 23 (52.27) | 22 (50) | 20 (45.45) | 17 (38.63) | 35 (79.54) | 9 (20.45) | 4 (9.09) | 18 (40.90) | 10 (22.72) | 10 (22.72) | 10 (22.72) | 16 (36.36) | 20 (45.45) | 15 (34.09) | 7 (15.90) | |
Abbreviations: UPEC, uropathogenic Escherichia coli; UTI, urinary tract infection.
Kan, kanamycin (1000 μg/disc), TE30, tetracycline (30 μg/disc); S10, streptomycin (10 μg/disc); C30, chloramphenicol (30 μg/disc); SXT, sulfamethoxazole (25 μg/disc); GM10, gentamycin (10 μg/disc); NFX5, enrofloxacin (5 μg/disc); CF30, cephalothin (30 μg/disc); CIP5, ciprofloxacin (5 μg/disc); TMP5, trimethoprim (5 μg/disc); F/M300, nitrofurantoin (300 μg/disc); AM10, ampicillin (10 μg/disc); NLX, nalidixic acid (30 μg/disc); imp, imipenem (30 μg/disc); AM30, amikacin (30 μg/disc); MZL, mezlocillin (30 μg/disc); Cef30, cefotaxime (30 μg/disk); pip, piperacillin (30 μg/disk); CTMX, cotrimoxazole (30 μg/disk); CLN, clindamycin (2 μg/disc); CFTI, ceftriaxone (30 μg/disc); tob, tobramycin (30 μg/disc).