Antimicrobial Resistance among Pregnant Women with Urinary Tract Infections Attending Antenatal Clinic at Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital (LMUTH), Lusaka, Zambia

Table 3

Susceptibility patterns of Gram-negative isolates.

Antibiotics tested	E. coli (n = 126)		Klebsiella (n = 54)
	Total	Resistance (n %)	Total	Resistance n (%)
Nitrofurantoin	38	14 (37%)	16	8 (50%)
Nalidixic	2	1 (50%)	17	14 (82%)
Chloramphenicol	15	3 (20%)	1	0 (0%)
Norfloxacin	27	14 (52%)	9	6 (67%)
Co-trimoxazole	7	4 (57%)	3	2 (67%)
Ciprofloxacin	15	7 (47%)	4	3 (75%)
Cefotaxime	9	2 (22%)	—	Drug not given
Gentamicin	7	1 (14%)	2	2 (100%)
Penicillin	2	1 (50%)	—	Drug not given
Ampicillin	3	2 (67%)	2	2 (100%)
Erythromycin	1	0 (0%)	—	Drug not given
Antibiotics tested	Enterobacter spp. (n = 29)		Proteus spp. (n = 17)
	Total	Resistance (n %)	Total	Resistance n (%)
Nitrofurantoin	10	3 (30%)	4	1 (25%)
Nalidixic	10	9 (90%)	4	4 (100%)
Chloramphenicol	2	0 (0%)	1	0 (0%)
Norfloxacin	3	2 (67%)	4	3 (75%)
Co-trimoxazole	1	0 (0%)	1	0 (0%)
Ciprofloxacin	3	0 (0%)	—	Drug not given
Cefotaxime	—	Drug not given	—	Drug not given
Gentamicin	—	Drug not given	1	1 (100%)
Penicillin	—	Drug not given	—	Drug not given
Ampicillin	—	Drug not given	1	1 (100%)
Erythromycin	—	Drug not given	1	0 (0%)
Antibiotics tested	Pseudomonas (n = 18)		E. agglomerus (n = 3)
	Total	Resistance (n %)	Total	Resistance n (%)
Nitrofurantoin	3	2 (67%)	1	1 (100%)
Nalidixic	3	2 (67%)	1	1 (100%)
Chloramphenicol	—	Drug not given	—	Drug not given
Norfloxacin	4	2 (50)	1	1 (100%)
Co-trimoxazole	7	3 (43%)	—	Drug not given
Ciprofloxacin	1	0 (0%)	—	Drug not given
Cefotaxime	—	Drug not given	—	Drug not given
Gentamicin	—	Drug not given	—	Drug not given
Penicillin	—	Drug not given	—	Drug not given
Ampicillin	—	Drug not given	—	Drug not given
Erythromycin	—	Drug not given	—	Drug not given