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

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Table 4 Resistance patterns of quinolone-resistant E. coli and K. pneumoniae isolates

Antibiotics	Quinolone resistance E. coli Resistance, n (%)			Quinolone resistance K. pneumoniae Resistance, n (%)
Antibiotics	Hospital (n = 47)	Community (n = 79)	p-value	Hospital (n = 23)	Community (n = 33)	p-value
CHL	06 (12.8%)	36 (45.6%)	0.0001	04 (17.4%)	07 (21.2%)	0.500
GEN	20 (42.6%)	37 (46.8%)	0.390	07 (30.4%)	00 (0.0%)	0.001
TET	34 (72.3%)	51 (64.6%)	0.241	7 (30.4%)	15 (45.5%)	0.197
SXT	28 (59.6%)	52 (65.8%)	0.303	15 (65.2%)	16 (48.5%)	0.167

n number of isolates in corresponding sewage source, CHL chloramphenicol, GEN gentamicin, TE tetracycline, SXT sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim