Research Article
Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Patients with Vaginal Discharge: A 2019-2022 Analysis at the National Health Laboratory in Eritrea
Table 1
Characteristics of microbial isolates from vaginal discharge in the National Health Laboratory.
| Isolates | Frequency | Percent (%) |
| Citrobacter spp. | 7 | 1.12 | E. coli | 87 | 14 | Klebsiella spp. | 19 | 3.1 | Other gram-negative | 14 | 2.3 | Proteus spp. | 6 | 1 | S. aureus | 27 | 4.3 | Streptococcus | 10 | 1.6 | No growth | 107 | 17.2 | Nongroupable Streptococcus | 18 | 2.9 | CONS | 199 | 32 | Gram-positive bacilli | 18 | 2.9 | Candida albicans | 13 | 2.1 | Yeast | 97 | 15.5 | Patients age in years | | | <18 | 26 | 4.2 | 18-25 | 205 | 32.9 | 26-35 | 224 | 36.2 | >35 | 167 | 26.8 | Year of data collection | | | 2019 | 102 | 16.4 | 2020 | 115 | 18.8 | 2021 | 140 | 22.4 | 2022 | 225 | 36.1 | Total | 622 | 100 |
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