Research Article
Trends of Antibacterial Resistance at the National Reference Laboratory in Cameroon: Comparison of the Situation between 2010 and 2017
Table 5
Overall resistance pattern rates on five selected pathogens and their comparison between 2010 and 2017.
| | Resistance pattern | Overall | 2010 | 2017 | Relative change | value | | Numbers | Rate, % | Numbers | Rate, % | Numbers | Rate, % | |
| | Wild | 5 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.1 | 29.5 | 1.00 | | Acquired resistance | 787 | 17.6 | 393 | 18.1 | 394 | 17.1 | -5.4 | 0.43 | | Multidrug resistance | 3422 | 76.5 | 1628 | 74.9 | 1794 | 78.0 | 4.1 | 0.01 | | Extensively drug resistance | 260 | 5.8 | 152 | 7.0 | 108 | 4.7 | -48.8 | <0.01 | | Total | 4474 | 100.0 | 2175 | 100.0 | 2299 | 100.0 | 0.0 | — |
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