Research Article

Resistance to Cotrimoxazole and Other Antimicrobials among Isolates from HIV/AIDS and Non-HIV/AIDS Patients at Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

Table 4

Susceptibility data for isolates among HIV patients on prophylaxis and those not on prophylaxis.

Cotrimoxazole prophylaxisCrude
Not on prophylaxisOn prophylaxis
(%) (%)OR (95% CI)

Cotrimoxazole
 Resistant18 (64.3)36 (81.8)0.091
 Susceptible10 (35.7)8 (18.2)2.5 (0.82–7.65)
Amoxycillin-clavulanic acid
 Resistant11 (40.7)12 (29.3)0.331
 Susceptible16 (59.3)29 (70.7)0.60 (0.21–1.69)
Ciprofloxacin
 Resistant8 (33.3)14 (33.3)1.001
 Susceptible16 (66.7)44 (66.7)1 (0.34–2.92)
Ampicillin
 Resistant19 (86.4)32 (86.5)0.991
 Susceptible3 (13.6)5 (13.5)2.47 (0.97–6.28)
Tetracycline
 Resistant14 (82.4)12 (80.0)0.871
 Susceptible 3 (17.6)3 (20.0)0.86 (0.14–5.21)