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Table 1 Rate of resistance of 42 g negative bacteria isolated from malnourished children

From: Bacteremia caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria among hospitalized malnourished children in Mwanza, Tanzania: a cross sectional study

Antibiotics

Organisms

AMP

AMC

CN

CIP

CRO

CAZ

MEM

Pseudomonas spp. (20)

20 (100%)

17 (85%)

3 (15%)

0 (0%)

 

5 (25%)

2 (10%)

E. coli (5)

5 (100%)

4 (80%)

3 (60%)

1 (20%)

1 (20%)

1 (20%)

0 (0%)

Enterobacter spp. (9)

9 (100%)

7 (77.7%)

1 (11.1%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (11.1%)

1 (11.1%)

0 (0%)

aOthers (8)

8 (100%)

8 (100%)

3 (37.5%)

0 (0%)

3 (37.5%)

3 (37.5%)

0 (0.0%)

Total (42)

42 (100%)

36 (85.7%)

10 (23.8%)

1 (2.4%)

10 (23.8%)

10 (23.8%)

2 (4.8%)

  1. AMP ampicillin, CN Gentamicin, CIP ciprofloxacin, AMC amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, CRO ceftriaxone, CAZ ceftazidime
  2. aOther gram negative (Proteus spp., Enterobacter spp., Citrobacter spp., Serratia spp.,)