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Table 2 Isolated bacteria and their resistance rates to antimicrobial agents in 139* urine samples

From: Empiric antibiotic therapy in acute uncomplicated urinary tract infections and fluoroquinolone resistance: a prospective observational study

Bacterium % resistance

(n, %)

Ampicillin

Ampicillin-

Sulbactam

Cefuroxime

Ceftriaxone

Amoxicillin-clavulonate

Fluoroquinolones

Gentamicin

TMP-SMX§

E. coli

% resistance

(107, 71.3%)

55.1

32.7

23.4

15.9

32.7

25.2

6.1

41.1

Staphylococcus spp.

% resistance (12, 8%)

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41.7

41.7

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41.7

41.7

41.7

33.3

Streptococcus spp.

% resistance (7, 4.7%)

0

0

0

0

0

0

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Klebsiella spp.

% resistance (6, 4%)

100

16.7

16,7

0

16,7

0

16.7

16,7

Proteus spp.

% resistance (2, 1.3%)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Enterococcus spp.

% resistance (5, 3.3%)

0

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20

40

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  1. * Candida isolates were not included; n = number of isolates; ** = not determined; § = co-trimoxazole