Table 1.
Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of 50 E. coli strains isolated from children with diarrhea from Assiut Children’s Hospital, Egypt
| Antibiotic | Resistant n (%) |
Sensitive n (%) |
Intermediate a n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imipenem | 16 (32) | 30 (60) | 4 (8) |
| Meropenem | 14 (28) | 27 (54) | 9 (18) |
| Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole | 47 (94) | 2 (4) | 1 (2) |
| Cefaclor | 50 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Ceftriaxone | 50 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Ampicillin | 49 (98) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Ciprofloxacin | 24 (48) | 13 (26) | 13 (26) |
| Oxytetracycline | 29 (58) | 14 (28) | 7 (14) |
| Amoxicillin | 27 (54) | 12(24) | 11 (22) |
| Norfloxacin | 22 (44) | 21(42) | 7 (14) |
| Tobramycin | 34 (68) | 1 (2) | 15 (30) |
| Amikacin | 22 (44) | 13 (26) | 15 (30) |
aIntermediate resistance refers to strains above the point of antibiotic susceptibility but below the resistant breakpoint as defined by the [43].