Research Article

Antimicrobial Resistance Profile of Different Clinical Isolates against Third-Generation Cephalosporins

Table 3

Resistance pattern of the different clinical isolates to ceftriaxone.

Clinical isolatesResistance pattern
ResistantIntermediateSusceptibleTotal

Citrobacter species27(52.9%)13(25.5%)11(21.6%)51
E. coli46 (73.0%)3 (4.8%)14 (22.2%)61
Enterobacter species31 (70.4)5(11.4%)8(18.2%)44
K. pneumonia12 (46.2%)4 (15.4%)10 (38.4%)26
K. oxytoca5 (83.3%) 01 (16.7%)6
S. aureus11 (4.4%)10(4.0%)26(10.5%)47
Proteus species4 (80%)1 (20%) 05
Y. enterocolitica4 (66.6%)1 (16.7%)1 (16.7%)6
Total140 (56.5)37 (14.9%)1 (16.7%)248 (100)