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

Table 2 Antibiotic resistance rates among MDR uropathogen isolates (n = 105) at the Bukavu General Hospital

Antimicrobial agent	E. coli	Enterobacter spp.	Klebsiella spp.	Citrobacter spp.*	Proteus spp*	Acinetobacter spp*
Antimicrobial agent	(n = 57)	(n = 23)	(n = 18)	(n = 3)	(n = 2)	(n = 2)
ESBL-producing (%) phenotype	98.2	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0
Amikacin (%)	57.9	30.4	22.2	33.3	100.0	0
Amoxycillin (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Ampicillin (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (%)	84.2	87.0	100.0	66.7	100.0	0
Ceftazidime (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Ceftriaxone (%)	98.2	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cefuroxine (%)	98.2	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Ciprofloxacine (%)	96.5	82.6	83.3	100.0	100.0	100.0
Imipenem (%)	0	4.3	0	0	0	0
Nitrofurantoin (%)	21.1	30.4	16.7	0	0	0
Sulfamethoxazole/trimethopim (%)	96.5	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

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

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