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Table 3 Resistance pattern of vaginal E. coli isolates to antibacterial agents

From: Phenotypic and genotypic comparison of ESBL production by Vaginal Escherichia coli isolates from pregnant and non-pregnant women

Antibacterial agent*

% of Resistant isolates

Pregnant women's isolates

Non-pregnant women's isolates

All isolates

 

Total (n = 19)

ESBL+(n = 14)

Total (n = 32)

ESBL+(n = 18)

Total (n = 51)

ESBL+(n = 32)

Gentamicin

36.8

50.0

18.75

27.7

25.4

37.5

Kanamicin

26.3

35.7

43.7

50.0

37.2

43.7

Ciprofloxacin

31.5

42.8

28.1

38.8

29.4

40.6

Norfloxacin

26.3

35.7

21.8

27.7

(21.5

31.2

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

31.5

42.8

53.1

72.2

45.0

59.3

Meropenem

0

0

0

0

0

0

Imipenem

0

0

0

0

0

0

Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid

100

100

100

100

100

100

Cefotaxime

100

100

78.1

91.3

86.2

93.7

Ceftazidime

57.8

76.4

71.8

78.2

66.6

81.2

Ceftriaxone

42.1

57.1

46.8

61.1

45.0

59.3

Aztreonam

42.1

57.1

46.8

61.1

45.0

59.3

% Multidrug resistance

36.8

50.0

50.0

61.1

45.0

56.2

  1. * For all the tested antibiotics (tested later in the study), the total number of isolates was 51 (10 isolates were lost during storage as a result of electricity instability), except for cefotaxime and ceftazidime (tested early during the study) the number of isolates was 61.