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Table 5 Resistance patterns of carbapenemase-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

Carbapenemase-producing E. coli

Resistance, n (%)

Carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae

Resistance, n (%)

Hospital (n = 38)

Community (n = 53)

p-value

Hospital (n = 21)

Community (n = 25)

p-value

CHL

03 (7.9%)

24 (45.3%)

0.0001

03 (14.3%)

03 (12.0%)

0.578

GEN

19 (50.0%)

34 (64.2%)

0.128

18 (85.7%)

06 (24.0%)

0.0001

TET

25 (65.8%)

33 (62.3%)

0.452

5 (23.8%)

07 (28.0%)

0.508

SXT

30 (78.9%)

29 (54.7%)

0.025

17 (81.0%)

12 (48.0%)

0.032

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