Antimicrobial Evaluation of Bacterial Isolates from Urine Specimen of Patients with Complaints of Urinary Tract Infections in Awka, Nigeria

Table 3

Multiple Antibiotic Resistance Indices (MARI) of the bacterial isolates.

Isolates	MARI	Antibiotics to which the isolates are resistant
S. aureus	0.500	CAZ, CRX, CXM, and AUG
S. saprophyticus	0.625	CAZ, CRX, CXM, GEN, and AUG
E. coli	0.375	CAZ, CRX, and AUG
E. faecalis	0.500	CAZ, CRX, OFL, and AUG
P. aeruginosa	0.500	CAZ, CRX, GEN, and AUG
Proteus spp.	0.500	CAZ, CRX, OFL, and AUG
Streptococcus spp.	0.125	AUG
K. pneumoniae	0.375	CAZ, CRX, and AUG
Bacillus	0.250	CAZ and AUG

Total number of antibiotics tested = 8.
CAZ: Ceftazidime; CXM: Cefixime; CRX: Cefuroxime; AUG: Amoxicillin-Clavulanic Acid; OFL: Ofloxacin; GEN: Gentamicin; NIT: Nitrofurantoin; CPR: Ciprofloxacin.