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Table 3 Resistance patterns of ESBL-producing E. coli and K. pneumoniae in the hospital and community sewage

From: Multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from hospital sewage flowing through community sewage system and discharging into the Indian Ocean

Antibiotics

ESBL-producing E. coli

Resistance, n (%)

ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae

Resistance, n (%)

Hospital (n = 28)

Community (n = 64)

p-value

Hospital (n = 24)

Community (n = 27)

p-value

CHL

0 (0.0%)

18 (28.1)

0.001

04 (16.7%)

04 (14.8%)

0.578

GEN

12 (42.9%)

25 (39.1%)

0.454

14 (58.3%)

08 (29.6%)

0.051

TET

24 (85.7%)

42 (65.6%)

0.022

11 (45.8%)

16 (59.3%)

0.249

NAL

22 (78.6%)

53 (82.8%)

0.416

15 (62.5%)

16 (59.3%)

0.521

CIP

26 (92.9%)

62 (96.9%)

0.365

24 (100%)

25 (92.6%)

0.491

SXT

22(78.6%)

39 (60.9%)

0.999

22 (91.7%)

25 (92.6%)

0.999

  1. n total number of isolates in the corresponding sewage source CHL chloramphenicol, GEN gentamicin, TET tetracycline, NAL nalidixic acid, CIP ciprofloxacin, SXT sulfamethoxazole /trimethoprim