Antimicrobial resistance in urinary isolates from inpatients and outpatients at a tertiary care hospital in South-Kivu Province (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Table 1 Antibiotic-resistance global rate (%) of UTI isolates (n = 643) collected at the Bukavu Hospital, South Kivu, DRC

Antimicrobial drug	Escherichia coli	Klebsiella spp.	Enterobacter spp.	Citrobacter spp.	Proteus spp.	Acinetobacter spp.
Antimicrobial drug	(n = 376)	(n = 146)	(n = 104)	(n = 18)*	(n = 2)*	(n = 2)*
Amikacin	9.3	2.7	2.9	5.6	100	0
Amoxycillin	16.0	13.7	17.3	16.7	100	100
Ampicillin	16.0	13.7	17.3	16.7	100	100
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid	16.0	13.7	15.4	11.7	100	0
Ceftazidime	16.0	13.7	17.3	16.7	100	100
Ceftriaxone	15.7	13.7	17.3	16.7	100	100
Cefuroxine	15.7	13.7	17.3	16.7	100	100
Ciprofloxacine	15.4	11.7	14.4	16.7	100	100
Imipenem	0	0	1	0	0	0
Nitrofurantoin	3.5	2.1	4.8	0	0	0
Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim	15.4	13.7	17.3	16.7	100	100

*Caution regarding antibiotic-resistance rates, given the low number of isolates assayed.

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