Research Article

Different Patterns of Bacterial Species and Antibiotic Susceptibility in Diabetic Foot Syndrome with and without Coexistent Ischemia

Table 4

Occurrence of particular resistance mechanisms in all analyzed bacterial strains.

Species and resistance mechanismPercentage of isolated strains with the particular mechanism

Acinetobacter baumannii MDR70.37%
Staphylococcus aureus MRSA9.00%
Staphylococcus aureus MLSB13.74%
Staphylococcus aureus MRSA, MLSB17.06%
Enterococcus faecalis HLAR21.88%
Enterococcus faecalis HLAR, VRE ()4.17%
Enterococcus faecium HLAR, VRE ()17.64%
Enterobacter cloacae ESBL32.31%
Enterobacter cloacae ESBL, AMP C ()3.08%
Klebsiella pneumoniae ESBL30%
Klebsiella pneumoniae MBL, MDR ()0.50%
Escherichia coli ESBL9.10%
Proteus mirabilis ESBL ()3.20%
Morganella morganii ESBL ()11.76%
Pseudomonas aeruginosa MDR, MBL ()5.17%

MDR: multiple drug resistant; MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MLSB: macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance; HLAR: high-level aminoglycoside resistance; VRE: vancomycin-resistant enterococci; ESBL: extended spectrum beta-lactamase; AMP C: AmpC beta-lactamases; MBL: metallo-beta-lactamase.