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Table 2 Proportion of multidrug resistance phenotypes of bacterial pathogens causing UTI among men with prostate enlargement at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam-Tanzania

From: Predominance of multidrug-resistant bacteria causing urinary tract infections among men with prostate enlargement attending a tertiary hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Isolate

N

Multidrug resistance phenotype

MDR

ESBL

CPO

AmpC

MRS

iCR

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

E. coli

49

45 (91.8)

35 (71.4)

7 (14.3)

1 (2.0)

–

–

K. pneumoniae

40

31 (77.5)

25 (62.5)

4 (10.0)

1 (2.5)

–

–

P. aeruginosa

16

9 (56.3)

–

8 (50.0)

–

–

–

E. cloacae

15

15 (100.0)

11 (73.3)

4 (26.7)

1 (6.7)

–

–

P. mirabilis

10

7 (70.0)

5 (50.0)

3 (30.0)

 

–

–

Other GNB*

35

24 (68.5)

22 (88.0)

7 (20.6)

1 (4.0)

–

–

S.aureus

33

24 (72.7)

–

–

–

25 (75.8)

15 (45.5)

CoNS

3

1 (33.3)

–

–

–

1 (33.3)

0

Enterococcus spp

2

1 (50.0)

–

–

–

–

–

Overall

203

157 (77.3)

98 (70.5)

33 (20.0)

4 (9.6)

26 (72.2)

15 (41.7)

  1. Other GNB include: A. baumanii, A. hydrophila, B. cepacia, C. freundii, C. violaceum, M. morganii, P. stuartii, S. marcescens. *Twenty-five isolates of the other GNB were Enterobacterales
  2. N Number, CoNS Coagulase-negative staphylococci, MDR Multidrug resistance, ESBL Extended-spectrum β-lactamase, CPO Carbapenemase-producing organisms, MRS Methicillin-resistance Staphylococci, iCR inducible clindamycin resistance