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. 2022 Aug 31;11(1):1594. doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v11i1.1594

TABLE 4.

Proportion of resistance (median) for selected infection site, by antibiotics and pathogen, in Egypt, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia between 2016 and 2018.

Infection site Antibiotic Pathogen Proportion of resistance (median)
2016 2017 2018
Bloodstream infection Carbapenems Escherichia coli 0.4 7.7 5.0
Klebsiella pneumoniae 23.4 15.2 20.4
Penicillinase beta lactams Staphylococcus aureus 24.7 22.7 21.1
Third-generation cephalosporins E. coli 61.9 51.5 50.3
K. pneumoniae 81.8 84.4 84.5
Urinary tract infection Carbapenems E. coli 0.7 0.7 7.3
K. pneumoniae 17.1 9.7 9.4
Ciprofloxacin E. coli 57.4 48.2 59.7
K. pneumoniae 58.3 36.3 49.1