Research Article

Trends of Antibacterial Resistance at the National Reference Laboratory in Cameroon: Comparison of the Situation between 2010 and 2017

Table 6

Detailed resistance patterns per bacteria and their comparison between 2010 and 2017, Centre Pasteur du Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

BacteriaResistance patternNumbers (%)Relative change value
Overall20102017

EnterobacteriaceaeAR448 (13.2)234 (13.7)214 (12.7)-7.3%0.09
MDR2,748 (81.1)1,362 (79.8)1,386 (82.4)+3.2%
XDR193 (5.7)110 (6.5)83 (4.9)-23.4%
Total3,389 (100.0)1,706 (100.0)1,683 (100)

Pseudomonas aeruginosaAR54 (27.7)25 (25.9)29 (29.9)+15.5%0.33
MDR109 (55.9)53 (54.1)56 (57.7)+6.7%
XDR32 (16.4)20 (20.4)12 (12.4)-39.2%
Total195 (100.0)98 (100.0)97 (100.0)

Acinetobacter sppAR52 (34.7)21 (37.5)31 (33.0)-10.7%0.44
MDR84 (56.0)32 (57.1)52 (55.3)-1.8%
XDR14 (9.3)3 (5.4)11 (11.7)+116.7%
Total150 (100.0)56 (100.0)94 (100.0)

Enterococcus sppAR78 (19.2)11 (8.7)67 (23.8)+58.6%< 10-7
MDR317 (77.9)104 (82.6)213 (75.8)-8.1%
XDR12 (2.9)11 (8.7)1 (0.4)-95.4%
Total407 (100.0)126 (100.0)281 (100.0)

Staphylococcus aureusWild5 (1.6)2 (1.1)3 (2.1)+90.9%<0.001
AR155 (46.6)102 (54.0)53 (36.8)-17.2%
MDR164 (49.2)77 (40.7)87 (60.4)+48.4%
XDR9 (2.7)8 (4.2)1 (0.7)-83.3%
Total333 (100.0)189 (100.0)144 (100.0)

AR: acquired resistance; MDR: multidrug-resistant; XDR: extensively drug-resistant; PDR: pan drug-resistant.