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Table 2 Percentage of Gram-negative bacterial isolates resistant to antimicrobial agents (number of tested isolates in brackets)

From: Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania

Drug

E. coli

Klebsiella spp.

Proteus spp.

Enterobacterspp.

Salmonella spp.

GNR

Ampicillin

80% (1761)

85% (1572)

60% (331)

72% (86)

70% (46)

56% (204)

Amoxicillin- clavulanate

28% (1292)

32% (1153)

17% (247)

32% (78)

52% (23)

31% (124)

Ceftazidime

5% (788)

6% (605)

2% (95)

10% (51)

0% (8)

14% (35)

Tetracycline

77% (1223)

66% (1016)

77% (211)

72% (54)

42% (12)

45% (153)

Gentamicin

8% (1634)

14% (1538)

7% (343)

15% (91)

9% (23)

8% (217)

Trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole

76% (1313)

69% (1174)

57% (224)

70% (56)

73% (44)

51% (172)

Sulfonamides

84% (174)

84% (231)

74% (46)

100% (14)

95% (22)

62% (34)

Nitrofurantoin

32% (929)

53% (652)

72% (71)

48% (48)

...

...

Chloramphenicol

45% (250)

51% (372)

55% (132)

...

20% (41)

57% (138)

Fluoroquinolones

13% (432)

6% (343)

3% (65)

6% (32)

0% (20)

15% (40)

Nalidixic acid

28% (509)

16% (334)

18% (22)

31% (16)

...

...

  1. GNR, Gram negative rod-shaped bacteria, not further identified; "...", not tested.