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Table 5 Summary of findings from this study

From: A pandemic within a pandemic? Admission to COVID-19 wards in hospitals is associated with increased prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in two African settings

COVID-19 wards compared with non-COVID-19 wards:

Sudan

Zambia

Patient data

Antibiotic prescribing

Different

Similar

Length of ward stay

No difference

Decreased (SD)

Phenotypic data

Species prevalence

No difference

No difference

Number of HAIs (susceptible and resistant)

Increased (SD)

Decreased (SD)

Number of resistant HAIs

No difference

No data available

Number of MDR isolates

Increased (SD)

Increased (SD)

Number of resistant isolates per patient

No difference

No difference

Number of resistances per isolate

Increased

Increased (SD)

Genotypic data

Number of β-lactam resistant isolates

Decreased (SD)

Increased (SD)

Number of aminoglycoside and fluoroquinolone resistant isolates

No difference

No difference

Number of isolates resistant to other antibiotic classes

No difference

Increased (SD)

Total number of different plasmids identified

No difference

Decreased

Number of resistance genes per isolate

No difference

Decreased (SD)