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Table 4 Multidrug resistance patterns of isolated bacterial uropathogens among pregnant women attended an ANC clinic at HFSUH, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia, from November 2017 to January 2018

From: Prevalence of bacterial uropathogens and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among pregnant women in Eastern Ethiopia: hospital-based cross-sectional study

Antimicrobial agentsa

Total bacterial isolates (N = 31)#

Total(N = 31)(%)

Escherichia coli (N = 14)

Proteus spp. (N = 7)

Klebsiella pneumoniae (N = 5)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (N = 2)

Staphylococcus aureus (N = 3)

R3

      

 AMC + CTX + NA

1

–

–

–

-

1

 AMC + AMP + NA + F

-

–

–

1

–

1

 AMC + AMP + CIP + SXT

1

–

–

–

–

1

 AMC + CRO + CAZ + NA

–

–

1

–

–

1

 AMC + AMP + NOR + CIP + SXT

–

–

1

–

–

1

 NA + NOR + CIP + CRO + CAZ + SXT

–

1

–

–

–

1

 Total

2

1

2

1

0

6(19.4)

R4

      

 AMC + AMP + CAZ + SXT + NA

–

1

–

–

–

1

 AMC + AMP + NOR + CIP + CRO + SXT

–

–

–

–

1

1

 AMC + AMP + NA + NOR + CIP + SXT + C

–

1

–

–

–

1

 AMC + AMP + NA + NOR + CN + CRO + CAZ

–

–

1

–

–

1

 AMC + AMP + NA + NOR + CIP + CRO + CAZ + SXT

1

–

–

–

–

1

 Total

1

2

1

0

1

5(16.1)

R5

      

 AMC + NA + CRO + CAZ + SXT + C

–

1

–

–

–

1

 AMC + AMP + NA + CRO + CAZ + SXT + C

–

1

–

–

–

1

 AMC + AMP + NA + NOR + CIP + CRO + CAZ + SXT + C

2

–

–

–

–

2

 Total

2

2

0

0

0

4(12.9)

R6 AMC + AMP + NOR + CIP + AK + CN + CAZ + SXT + C

      
 

–

–

–

1

–

1(3.2)

  1. AMC, amoxicillin-clavulanate; AMP, ampicillin; NOR, norfloxacin; CIP, ciprofloxacin; CN, gentamicin; AK, amikacin; CRO, ceftriaxone; CAZ, ceftazidime; SXT, cotrimoxazole; C, chloramphenicol; NA, nalixidic acid; F, nitrofurantoin
  2. ‘–’ Denotes 0(0); #R0 = only 8 isolates were vsusceptible to all antimicrobial agents; R3, R4, R5, R6: Resistance to three, four, five, and six antimicrobials belongs to different structural classes respectively
  3. aClasses of antimicrobials are: (1) AMC/AMP; (2) CRO/CAZ; (3) NA/NOR/CIP; (4) CN/AK;(5) SXT; (6) C; (7) F