Research Article

Risk Factors of Clonally Related, Multi, and Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Severely Ill COVID-19 Patients

Table 6

Antibiotic resistance pattern of A. baumannii in relation to gender and age groups.

AntibioticsGenderAge group
Total isolates n = 20 (%)Male isolates no = 11 (%)Female isolates no = 9 (%)≤40 no = 2 (%)41–60 no = 13 (%)>60 no = 5 (%)

AMP, AMC, CFX, CXM, FOX, CFM, CAZ, CRO, IPM, MEM, AMK, GEN, CIP, FOS, NIT, PIP, ATM, STR, TET, CLI, CPD, ERY20 (100)11 (100)9 (100)2 (100)13 (100)5 (100)
TZP18 (90)10 (91)8 (88.9)2 (100)11 (84.6)5 (100)
TOB18 (90)9 (81.8)9 (100)2 (100)11 (84.6)5 (100)
FEP16 (80)9 (81.8)7 (77.7)1 (50)10 (77)5 (100)
NET16 (80)7 (54.5)9 (100)1 (50)10 (77)5 (100)
DOX15 (75)8 (72.7)7 (77.7)2 (100)9 (69.2)4 (80)
NOR15 (75)9 (81.8)6 (66.6)1 (50)9 (69.2)5 (100)
CLR14 (70)10 (91)4 (44.4)1 (50)8 (61.5)5 (100)
SXT10 (50)4 (36.4)6 (66.6)0 (0)6 (46.1)4 (80)
CST8 (40)5 (45.4)3 (33.3)0 (0)5 (38.4)3 (60)
Total resistant pattern150 (100)82 (54.6)68 (45.4)12 (8)92 (61.4)46 (30.6)

indicates that the total resistant pattern of A. baumannii from the age group of 41–60 years was significantly higher than the other age groups (). TOB and NET in females were found to be significantly resistant ().