Table 5.
Antimicrobial resistance, measured as a percentage, of major bacterial isolates on commonly used antibiotics
| Culture type | Bacterium | Antibiotic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampicillin | Cefadroxil | Amox clav | Cefuroxime | TMP-SMZ | Tetracycline | Ceftazidime | Amoxicillin | Nitrofurantoin | Ciprofloxacin | Meropenem | Erythro | Clindamycin | Cefoxitin | VA | |||||||||||||||||
| R | S | R | S | R | S | R | S | R | S | R | S | R | S | R | S | R | S | R | S | R | S | R | S | R | S | R | S | R | S | ||
| Blood | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 96.4 | 3.6 | 69.2 | 30.8 | 100 | 0.0 | 100 | – | 100 | 0.0 | 87.5 | 12.5 | 15.4 | 100 | – | – | – | – | 35 | 65 | 3.2 | 96.8 | 100 | 0.0 | 100 | 0.0 | – | – | – | – |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 86.7 | 13.3 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 36.4 | 63.6 | 0.0 | 100 | 0.0 | 100 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 12.5 | 63.6 | 63.6 | 36.4 | – | – | 40 | 60 | – | – | 40 | 60 | 16.7 | 83.3 | 57.1 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 100 | |
| Urine | K. pneumoniae | 80 | 20 | 100 | 0.0 | 100 | 0.0 | 100 | 0.0 | – | – | – | 100 | 25 | 100 | – | – | 25 | 75 | 0.0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 0.0 | 100 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Escherichia coli | 90.6 | 9.4 | 79.3 | 20.7 | 83.3 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 100 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 91.7 | 8.3 | 73.3 | 78.6 | 0.0 | 21.4 | 19.4 | 80.6 | 27.3 | 72.7 | 0.0 | 100 | – | – | 0.0 | 100 | – | – | – | – | |
| Pus | K. pneumoniae | 90.9 | 9.1 | 77.8 | 22.2 | 100 | 0.0 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 50 | 25 | 100 | 100 | 0 | – | – | 33.3 | 66.7 | 12.5 | 87.5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| S. aureus | 70 | 30 | 14.3 | 85.7 | 66.7 | 33.3 | – | – | – | – | 25 | 75 | 25 | 55.6 | 53.6 | 44.4 | – | – | 12.5 | 87.5 | – | – | 0.0 | 100 | 0.0 | 100 | 12.5 | 87.5 | 0.0 | 100 | |
The disk diffusion method was performed on different antibiotics. Amox clav = amoxicillin–clavulanic acid; Erythro = erythromycin; R = resistant, S = sensitive; TMP-SMZ = trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole; VA = vancomycin.