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Table 2 Rates of resistance of 84 isolates from urine of malnourished children

From: Multi-resistant gram negative enteric bacteria causing urinary tract infection among malnourished underfives admitted at a tertiary hospital, northwestern, Tanzania

Pathogen

AMP

CN

CIP

AMC

CRO

CAZ

ERT

E. coli (35)

33 (97.1 %)

15 (42.8 %)

5 (14.3 %)

30 (85.7 %)

12 (34.3 %)

14 (40 %)

1 (2.86 %)

K. pneumoniae (20)

20 (100 %)

14 (70 %)

3 15.0 %)

17 (85.0 %)

10 (50.0 %)

12 (60 %)

0 (0.0 %)

aOther gram negative (29)

29 (100 %)

19 (65.5 %)

1 (3.4 %)

ND

15 (51.7 %)

15 (51.7 %)

(0.0 %)

Total (84)

82 (98.7 %)

48 (57.8 %)

9 (10.8 %)

47 (85.4 %)

37 (44.0 %)

41 (48.8 %)

1 (1.2 %)

  1. AMP Ampicilin, CN Gentamicin, CIP Ciprofloxacin, AMC Amoxicillin/Clavulanic acid, CRO Ceftriaxone, CAZ Ceftazidime, ERT Ertapenem
  2. aOther gram negative (Proteus spp., Enterobacter spp., Citrobacter spp., Serratia spp.,)