Table 2. Occurrence of multidrug resistance and multiple antibiotic resistance index of E. coli isolated from Patients with UTIs.
|
Pattern No. |
Antibiotic resistance patterns |
No. of Antibiotics (classes) |
No. of isolates |
Overall MDR isolates (%) |
MAR Index |
|
1 |
PEN, AMP, AMX, TE, DXT, LEV, CIP, GM, E, CRO |
10(6) |
15 (45.46%) |
33 (82.5%) |
0.76 |
|
2 |
PEN, AMP, AMX, DXT, TE, CIP, GM, CRO, ATH |
9(6) |
3 (9.09%) |
0.69 |
|
|
3 |
PEN, AMP, AMX, DXT, LEV, CIP, GM, E |
9(5) |
12 (36.36%) |
0.69 |
|
|
4 |
PEN, AMP, AMX, DXT, GM, AK, E, VAN |
5(5) |
2 (6.06%) |
0.38 |
|
|
5 |
PEN, AMP, AMX, DXT, LEV, CRO, VAN |
5(5) |
1 (3.03%) |
0.38 |
|
|
6 |
PEN, AMP, AMX, DXT |
4(2) |
6 |
|
|
|
7 |
PEN, AMP, AMX |
3(1) |
1 |
|
Legend: PEN= Penicillin, AMP= Ampicillin, AMX= Amoxicillin, TE= Tetracycline, DXT= Doxycycline, LEV= Levofloxacin, CIP= Ciprofloxacin, GM= Gentamicin, AK= Amikacin, E= Erythromycin, ATH= Azithromycin, CRO= Ceftriaxone, MDR= Multidrug resistant, MAR= Multiple antibiotic resistance.