Antimicrobial Photodynamic Activity of Phthalocyanine Derivatives

Table 1

Bacterial infections and their respective antibiotic resistance in selected African countries.

Country	Causative organism/disease	Antibiotic resistance	Ref
Guinea Bissau	Vibrio cholerae	Sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline, ampicillin, aminoglycosides, erythromycin, nalidixic acid, and trimethoprim	[8]
Kenya	Staphylococcus aureus	Methicillin	[3, 9–11]
Kenya	Typhoid	Fluoroquinolones	[9]
Kenya, Somali	Vibrio cholera	Tetracycline, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, cotrimoxazole	[9, 10, 12]
Kenya	E. coli	Co-trimoxazole, streptomycin,; tetracycline, ampicillin, quinolones, and cephalosporins	[1, 9, 10, 13]
Mozambique, South Africa	Neisseria meningitides	Ceftriaxone and; chloramphenicol	[10]
Zimbabwe	Gonococci isolates	Trimethoprim + sulfamethoxazole	[12]
Rwanda	Shigella	Chloramphenicol, ampicillin, and trimethoprim	[12]
Kenya	H. influenza	Chloramphenicol, amoxicillin, and sulfamethoxazole	[12]