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Table 2 Antimicrobial resistance rates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae from Urine Tanzania (ref: [12–15, 19–21])

From: Antimicrobial resistance in human and animal pathogens in Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique and Tanzania: an urgent need of a sustainable surveillance system

Antibiotic(N*)

Resistance rates in different studies%Escherichia coli(range)

Mean resistance n/N* (%)

Ampicillin (518)

92, 96, 53, 98, 100, 69, 80 (53 – 100 )

438/518 (85)

Augmentin (501)

53, 70, 88, 85, 37 (37 – 88 )

337/501 (67)

Gentamicin (518)

7, 38, 6, 23, 32, 44 (6 – 44 )

130/518 (25)

Co-trimoxazole (339)

80, 65, 95,97, 50 (50 – 97 )

262/339 (77)

Ciprofloxacin (501)

8, 30, 12, 9, 13 (8 – 30 )

72/501 (14)

Ceftriaxone (339)

51, 29, 14, 27, 19 (14 – 51 )

95/339 (28)

Ceftazidime (306)

50, 11, 14 (11 – 50 )

77/306 (25)

Nitrofurantoin (289)

23, 6, 13, 31(6 – 31 )

53/289 (18)

 

Resistance rates in different studies Klebsiella pneumoniae % (range)

 

Ampicillin (193)

56, 100, 98 (56 – 100)

163/193(85)

Augmentin (193)

11, 78, 86 (11 – 86)

112/193(58)

Gentamicin (193)

11, 28, 38 (11 – 38)

50/193 (26)

Co-trimoxazole (193)

56, 83, 95 (95 – 56)

150/193 (78)

Ciprofloxacin (193)

19, 19, 44 (19 – 44)

53/193 (27)

Ceftriaxone (193)

33, 66, 46 (33 – 66)

93/193 (48)

Ceftazidime (52)

52

27/52 (52)

Nitrofurantoin (193)

18, 21, 22 (18 – 22)

37/193 (20)

  1. N*=Total number of isolates tested.