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Table 3 Resistance rates for bacterial pathogens from adult patients with community acquired pneumonia between August and December 2015 in Mwanza, Tanzania

From: Prevalence of gram negative bacteria causing community acquired pneumonia among adults in Mwanza City, Tanzania

ISOLATE

AMP

CIP

CN

SXT

AMC

CRO

MEM

TET

P

E

VA

DA

K. pneumoniae (23)

100%)

17.4%

26.1%

43.5%

91.3%

87.0%

4.3%

NT

NA

NA

NA

NA

E. coli (7)

100%

28.6%)

14.3%

71.4%

85.7%

85.7%

0.0%

NT

NA

NA

NA

NA

P. aureginosa (9)

100%

50%

39%

100%

100%

90.0%

0.0%

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

aOthers GNB (25)

68.2%

9.1%

0.0%

40.9%

36.4%

77.0%

0.0%

NT

NA

NA

NA

NA

Str. pyogenes (10)

NA

10.0%

20.0%

100.0%

NA

NA

NA

10.0%

0.0%

10.0%

0.0%

0

Str. pneumoniae (1)

NT

NT

NT

NT

NA

NT

NT

0.0%

0.0%

100%

NT

NT

S. aureus (2)

NA

0

0

0

NA

NA

NA

100%

NT

50%

0.0%

0.0%

  1. NT Not done, NA not applicable, AMP Ampicillin, CIP Ciprofloxacin, CN Gentamicin, SXT Trimethoprim/Sulphamethoxazole, AMC Amoxicillin/clavulanate, CRO Ceftriaxone, MEM Meropenem, TET Tetracycline, E Erythromycin, VA Vancomycin and DA Clindamycin
  2. aCitrobacter freundii, Enterobacter aerogenes, Klebsiella oxytoca, Moraxella spp., Proteus mirabilis, Serratia marcescens and un-identified Gram Negative Rods (GNR), Haemophilus influenzae/parainfluenzae