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Table 4 Antibiotic susceptibility of isolates from each region (%)

From: Etiologic profile and antimicrobial susceptibility of community-acquired urinary tract infection in two Cameroonian towns

ISOLATE

AMP

BU BD

CIP

BU BD

COT

BU BD

ERY

BU BD

GEN

BU BD

NIT

BU BD

CEF

BU BD

E. coli

93.3

26.1

100

52.2

100

17.4

100

39.1

80

43.5

20

43.5

35

65

K. oxytoca

36.4

36.4

100

87.5

0

0

0

29.2

100

91.2

90.9

83.3

18.2

75

Staph. sp

40

77.7

80

55.6

0

0

33.3

55.6

66.7

55.6

40

66.7

53.3

72.2

E. cloacae

100

0

0

80

0

0

100

50

100

80

0

80

100

100

P. aeruginosa

0

66.7

100

100

0

0

0

0

100

100

100

66.7

66.7

100

P. vulgaris

ND

0

ND

50

ND

0

ND

50

ND

25

ND

50

ND

25

S. marcescens

0

50

0

100

0

0

100

0

100

100

0

50

0

50

Strept. spp

100

ND

0

ND

0

ND

100

ND

100

ND

0

ND

100

ND

C. fruendii

0

0

100

0

0

0

0

100

0

100

0

0

0

0

K. pneumoniae

ND

0

ND

100

ND

0

ND

0

ND

0

ND

0

ND

0

Mean %

46.2

28.5

60

65.0

12.5

1.9

54.2

36.0

80.8

55.1

31.4

48.9

46.7

54.1

  1. BU- Buea; BD-Bamenda; ND-Not determined as isolate was not recovered from study site; AMP-Ampicillin; CIP-Ciprofloxacin; COT-Cotrimoxazole; ERY-Erythromycin; GEN- Gentamicin; NIT- Nitrofurantoin; CEF- Ceftriaxone.