Multidrug-Resistant and Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 2
Multidrug resistance pattern of Enterobacteriaceae at ICL, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Isolates ()
Level of antibiotic resistance ( (%))
R0
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
≥R8
Total MDR isolates (≥3)
E. coli (226)
30 (13.3)
20 (8.8)
25 (11.1)
28 (12.4)
12 (5.3)
29 (13.7)
33 (14.6)
28 (12.4)
21 (9.3)
151 (66.8)
K. pneumoniae (43)
3 (0.0)
4 (0.0)
2 (0.0)
6 (13.9)
2 (4.6)
2 (4.6)
9 (20.9)
8 (18.6)
7 (16.3)
34 (79.1)
Enterobacter spp. (11)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
1 (9.1)
0 (0.0)
2 (18.2)
0 (0.0)
1 (9.1)
3 (27.3)
4 (36.4)
10 (90.9)
Citrobacter spp. (11)
1 (9.1)
0 (0.0)
1 (9.1)
2 (18.2)
2 (18.2)
1 (9.1)
4 (36.4)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
9 (81.8)
P. mirabilis (6)
2 (33.3)
0 (0.0)
1 (16.7)
0 (0.0)
2 (33.3)
0 (0.0)
1 (16.7)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
3 (50.0)
Shigella spp. (2)
1 (50.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
1 (50.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
1 (50.0)
M. morganii (5)
2 (40.0)
1 (20.0)
0 (0.0)
1 (20.0)
1 (20.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
2 (40.0)
Providencia spp. (5)
0 (0.0)
2 (40.0)
0 (0.0)
1 (20.0)
1 (20.0)
1 (20.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
3 (60.0)
Serratia spp. (3)
0 (0.0)
2 (66.6)
0 (0.0)
1 (33.3)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
1 (33.3)
Total ()
39 (12.5)
29 (9.3)
30 (9.6)
39 (12.5)
22 (7.1)
34 (10.9)
48 (15.4)
39 (12.5)
32 (10.3)
214 (68.6)
Note: R0: resistance to no antibiotics; R1-8: resistance to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 antibiotics; ≥R3: resistance to 3 or more antibiotics from different classes.
