Research Article

Changing Trends in Prevalence and Antibiotics Resistance of Uropathogens in Patients Attending the Gondar University Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Multidrug resistance patterns of isolates from UTI-suspected patients at Gondar University Hospital, 2012.

Isolate (%)Multidrug resistance, (%)
R0R1R2R3R4R5R6R7

E. coli 120 (42.3)15 (12.5)3 (2.5)15 (12.5)18 (15)20 (16.7)18 (15)21 (17.5)9 (7.5)
Klebsiella spp.41 (14.4)0 (0)4 (9.8)4 (9.8)5 (12.2)12 (29.3)10 (24.4)4 (9.8)2 (4.9)
CoNS35 (12.3)1 (2.9)6 (17.4)8 (22.9)5 (14.3)3 (8.6)5 (14.3)5 (14.3)2 (5.7)
S. aureus 26 (9.2)1 (3.8)1 (3.8)3 (11.5)2 (7.7)11 (42.3)3 (11.5)3 (11.5)1 (3.8)
Enterobacter spp. 16 (5.6)1 (6.3)3 (18.8)2 (12.5)2 (12.5)2 (12.5)4 (25)2 (12.5)0 (0)
Proteus spp.16 (5.6)1 (6.3)1 (6.3)2 (12.5)2 (12.5)5 (31.3)3 (18.8)2 (12.5)0 (0)
Streptococcus spp. 5 (1.5)0 (0)3 (30)0 (0)3 (30)2 (20)1 (10)1 (10)0 (0)
Citrobacter spp.10 (3.5)1 (10)1 (10)1 (10)2 (20)2 (20)1 (10)0 (0)2 (20)
Providencia spp.5 (1.8)1 (20)0 (0)1 (20)1 (20)1 (20)0 (0)1 (20)0 (0)
Pseudomonas spp. 5 (1.8)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)1 (20)2 (40)2 (40)0 (0)
Serratia spp.2 (0.7)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)1 (50)1 (50)0 (0)0 (0)
Salmonella spp.1 (0.4)00ā€‰02 (50)1 (100)00

R: resistant to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 antibiotics, respectively.