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Table 5 Multiple drug resistance patterns of bacteria isolated from the nasopharynx of asymptomatic primary school children at Debre Berhan town, North Shewa Ethiopia, February 1 to April 30, 2021

From: Asymptomatic nasopharyngeal bacterial carriage, multi-drug resistance pattern and associated factors among primary school children at Debre Berhan town, North Shewa, Ethiopia

Isolated bacteria

Antimicrobial resistance pattern

MDR

n ≥ 3

Ro;

n (%)

R1

n (%)

R2

n (%)

R3

n (%)

R4

n (%)

R5

n (%)

 ≥ R6

Gram positive

7 (6.8)

12 (11.7))

18 (17.5)

19 (18.4)

17 (16.5)

20 (19.4)

10 (9.7)

66 (56.1)

S. aureus (73)

2 (2.7)

9 (12.3)

12 (14.4)

14 (19.2)

11 (15.1)

15 (20.5)

10 (13.7)

50 (68.5)

CONS (20)

3 (15)

2 (10)

3 (15)

4 (20)

5 (25)

3 (15)

–

12 (60)

S. pyogens (10)

2 (20)

1 (10)

3 (30)

1 (10)

1 (10)

2 (20)

–

4 (40)

Gram negative

4 (11.8)

4 (11.8)

6 (17.6)

7 (20.6)

6 (17.6)

6 (17.6)

 

19 (55.9)

K. pneumoniae (10)

1 (10)

1 (10)

2 (20)

2 (20)

2 (20)

2 (20)

 

6 (60)

H. influenzae (9)

1 (11.11)

1 (11.11)

1 (11.11)

2 (22.2)

2 (22.2)

2 (22.2)

 

6 (66.7)

K. rhinoscleromatis (9)

1 (11.11)

1 (11.11)

1 (11.11)

3 (33.33)

1 (11.11)

2 (22.2)

 

6 (66.7)

K. oxytoca (6)

1 (16.7)

1 (16.7)

2 (33.33)

–

1 (16.7)

–

 

1 (16.7

Overall Totalb

11 (8.02)

16 (11.7)

24 (17.5)

26 (18.98)

23 (16.8)

26 (18.98)

10 (7.3)

85 (62.04%)

  1. MDR multi-drug resistant, R0 No antibiotic resistance, R1 resistance to one class, R2 resistance to two class, R3 resistance to three class, R4 resistance to four class, R4 resistance to four antibiotics class, R5 resistance to five and more than five antibiotics class
  2. aPercent is computed from the total number of each bacteria species
  3. bPercent is computed from a total number of isolates