Emerging Perils of Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase Producing Enterobacteriaceae Clinical Isolates in a Teaching Hospital of Nepal

Table 2

Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. clinical isolates.

Antibiotics	Escherichia coli ( = 138)		Klebsiella spp. ( = 20)
	R%	S%	R%	S%
Amoxicillin	92	8	—	—
Cephalexin	92	8	90	10
Cefixime	67	33	71	29
Cefotaxime	63	37	60	40
Ciprofloxacin	55	45	55	45
Piperacillin tazobactam	28	72	45	55
Gentamycin	12	88	25	75
Nitrofurantoin	10	90	21	79
Cotrimoxazole	49	51	15	85
Amikacin	1	99	14	86
Imipenem	0	100	7	93
Meropenem	0	100	7	93
Polymixin B	0	100	0	100

R = resistant, S = sensitive.