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. 2021 Oct 3;13(10):e18449. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18449

Table 2. Antibiotic resistance of isolated bacteria based on culture sensitivity testing.

Bacteria isolated in culture Number of species (% of total) Resistant against
Ampicillin/ sulbactam Piperacillin/ tazobactam Ceftriaxone Cefmetazole Carbapenem Ciprofloxacin Levofloxacin
Escherichia coli 112 (25.8%) 18 (16.1%) 1 (0.9%) 11 (9.8%) 2 (1.8%) 0 (0%) 13 (11.6%) 13 (11.6%)
Klebsiella species 90 (20.7%) 9 (10%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Enterococcus species 71 (16.4%) 12 (16.9%) 15 (21.1%) 71 (100%) 71 (100%) 20 (28.2%) 20 (28.2%) 17 (23.9%)
faecalis 28 (6.5%) 0 (0%) 1 (3.6%) 28 (100%) 28 (100%) 3 (10.7%) 3 (10.7%) 3 (10.7%)
faecium 16 (3.7%) 10 (62.5%) 11 (68.8%) 16 (100%) 16 (100%) 5 (93.8%) 12 (75.0%) 12 (75.0%)
avium 3 (0.7%) 2 (66.7%) 3 (100%) 3 (100%) 3 (100%) 2 (66.7%) 1 (33.3%) 1 (33.3%)
casseliflavus 18 (4.1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 18 (100%) 18 (100%) 0 (0%) 3 (16.7%) 1 (5.6%)
others 5 (1.2%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 5 (100%) 5 (100%) 0 (0%) 1 (20.0%) 0 (0%)
Enterobacter species 43 (9.9%) 32 (74.4%) 3 (7.0%) 6 (14.0%) 37 (86%) 0 (0%) 1 (2.3%) 0 (0%)
Citrobacter species 10 (2.3%) 10 (83.3%) 3 (25.0%) 5 (41.7%) 10 (83.3%) 0 (0%) 1 (8.3%) 0 (0%)
Staphylococcus 7 (1.6%) 1 (14.3%) 1 (14.3%) 2 (28.6%) 1 (14.3%) 1 (14.3%) 3 (42.9%) 2 (28.6%)
Streptococcus 36 (8.3%) 3 (8.3%) 5 (13.9%) 0 (0%) 10 (27.7%) 0 (0%) 8 (22.2%) 4 (11.1%)
Pseudomonas species 11 (2.5%) 11 (100%) 1 (9%) 11 (100%) 11 (100%) 1 (9%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Aeromonas 18 (4.1%) 18 (100%) 0 (0%) 5 (27.8%) 6 (33.3%) 0 (0%) 1 (5.5%) 0 (0%)
Clostridium 8 (1.8%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Bacteroides 1 (0.2%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Others 23 (5.3%) 2 (8.7%) 0 (0%) 2 (8.7%) 1 (4.3%) 0 (0%) 2 (8.7%) 2 (8.7%)
Total 434 116 (26.7%) 29 (6.7%) 114 (26.3%) 149 (34.3%) 22 (5.0%) 49 (11.3%) 38 (8.8%)