Table 2.
Vaginal colonization with antimicrobial drug-resistant potentially pathogenic gram-positive bacteria among study women in labor
| Antibioticsa | Number of the 1472 study women who were colonized with bacteria resistant to one or more antibiotics (prevalence of colonization /proportion of isolates, in %) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterococcus spp. (n = 47/47)c | S. aureus (n = 117/121) | Group A Streptococcus (n = 3/3) | Group B Streptococcus (n = 3/3) | |
| Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole | NA | 77 (5.2/63.6) | 2 (0.1/66.7) | 1 (0.1/33.3) |
| Ciprofloxacin | 40 (2.7/85.1) | 48 (3.3/39.7) | NA | NA |
| Chloramphenicol | 19 (1.3/40.4) | 26 (1.8/21.5) | 0 [6] | 1 (0.1/33.3) |
| Gentamicin | NA | 38 (2.6/31.4) | NA | NA |
| Penicillin | 18 (1.2/38.3) | 93 (6.3/76.9) | 0 [6] | 1 (0.1/33.3) |
| Ampicillin | NA | NA | NA | 1 (0.1/33.3) |
| Tetracycline | 30 (2.0/63.8) | 70 (4.8/57.9) | 3 (0.2/100) | 3 (0.2/100) |
| Erythromycin | 30 (2.0/63.8) | 89 (6.0/73.6) | 2 (0.1/66.7) | 3 (0.2/100) |
| Vancomycin | 6 (0.4/12.8) | 6 (0.4/5.0) | 1 (0.1/33.3) | 1 (0.1/33.3) |
| Ceftriaxone | NA | NA | 0 [6] | 0 [6] |
| Linezolid | 8 (0.5/17.0) | NA | NA | NA |
| Oxacillin | 37 (2.5/78.7) | 85 (5.8/70.2) | 1 (0.1/33.3) | 1 (0.1/33.3) |
| MRSA | NA | 85 (5.8/70.2) | NA | NA |
| VRSA/VRE | 6 (0.4/12.8) | 6 (0.4/5.0) | NA | NA |
| iMLSB-resistant S. aureus | NA | 18 (1.2/14.9) | NA | NA |
| cMLSB-resistant S. aureus | NA | 24 (1.6/19.8) | NA | NA |
| MDR | 37 (2.5/78.7) | 85 (5.8/70.2) | 1 (0.1/33.3) | 1 (0.1/33.3) |
| MDRb | 31 (2.1/66.0) | 0 [6] | 1 (0.1/33.3) | 1 (0.1/33.3) |
aNA indicates that the information is not relevant for the given resistance pattern
bMDR excluding MRSA, VRSA, VRE, iMLSB- and cMLSB-resistant S. aureus
cThe two numbers in parentheses indicate number of colonized women and the number of isolates of each given species, respectively