Table 2.
Antibiotic Resistance Rates of Clinical Diarrheagenic E. coli (DEC) in SSA
| Country | Isolates | Antibiotic Resistance Rates (%) of Clinical DEC Isolates | Ref | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TET | COT | CHL | CAZ | CTX | CIP | NAL | CRO | AMP | AMC | CN | IMI | |||
| Nigeria | 165 | ND | 78.2 | ND | 22.4 | 12.1 | 5.5 | ND | ND | ND | 40 | 4.2 | ND | [37] |
| South Africa | 120 | 91 | 96 | 94 | ND | ND | 45 | ND | ND | 98 | ND | ND | 36 | [44] |
| South Africa | 324 | 84 | 82 | 10 | 38 | 45 | ND | 42 | ND | 80.9 | ND | ND | ND | [41] |
| Tanzania | 687 | ND | 82 | 20.5 | ND | ND | 0 | ND | ND | 80.9 | 14.4 | ND | ND | [42] |
| Kenya | 136 | 82.8 | 61.4 | 62.1 | ND | ND | 28.3 | 11 | 12.4 | 83.3 | 26.2 | 47.6 | ND | [40] |
| Ghana | 21 | ND | 100 | ND | 100 | 100 | 100 | ND | ND | ND | ND | 81 | 0 | [43] |
| Ghana | 37 | ND | 80.5 | ND | 16.1 | 19.3 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 0 | 0 | [47] |
| Ethiopia | 73 | ND | 67.1 | ND | ND | 6.9 | 2.7 | 27.4 | ND | ND | 64.4 | ND | ND | [50] |
Abbreviations: TET, tetracycline; COT, cotrimoxazole; CHL, chloramphenicol; CAZ, ceftazidime; CTX, cefotaxime; CIP, ciprofloxacin; NAL, nalidixic acid; CRO, ceftriaxone; AMP, ampicillin; AMC, amoxycillin/clavulanic acid; CN,gentamicin ; IMI, imipenem; ND, not done.