Table 2 Antibacterial resistance profiles of bacteria and pathogens isolated from blood culture in patients from Eritrea, 2014–2022
Antibiotic | Overall R (%)1 | E. coli R (%) | Klebsiella spp. R (%) | Enterobacter R (%) | Pseudomonas spp R (%)1 | Citrobacter R (%)1 | Salmonella spp R (%) | Other GNB R (%)1 | S. aureus R (%) | CoNs R (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aminoglycosides | ||||||||||
Amikacin | 27(8.6) | 7(11.9%) | 5(4.9) | 2(7.4) | 5(15.6) | 4(9.1) | 1 (3.7) | 3(11.1) | - | - |
Gentamicin | 363(62.5) | 36(55.4) | 97(83.7) | 16(57.1) | 18(54.5) | 39(81.2) | 17(54.8) | 22(71.0) | 14(31.1) | 104(56.5) |
Anti folate | ||||||||||
TMP-SMZ | 261(71.7) | 47(75.8) | 77(74.8) | 19(67.9) | 18(54.5) | 36(76.6) | 20(69.0) | 17(77.3) | 26(68.4) | 1(50) |
Cephalosporins | ||||||||||
Cephalexin 3rd | 273(83.7) | 44(69.8) | 92(86.8) | 25(89.3) | 25(78.1) | 45(95.7) | 23(79.3) | - | - | - |
Ceftazidime3rd | 233(68.5) | 39(60.9) | 84(74.3) | 14(48.3) | 22(66.7) | 36(76.6) | 23(74.2) | 15(65.2) | - | - |
Ceftriaxone 3rd | 251(73.0) | 39(60.9) | 95(81.5) | 22(75.9) | 16(48.5) | 40(85.1) | 21(67.7) | 18(78.3) | - | - |
Quinolone | ||||||||||
Nalidixic acid 1st | 112(34.5) | 32(52.5) | 20(18.7) | 7(25.9) | 19(57.6) | 19(40.4) | 4(13.8) | 9(47.4) | 2(100.0) | |
Ciprofloxacin 2nd | 115(29.4) | 30(46.9) | 21(18.8) | 9(31.0) | 8(25.0) | 11(22.9) | 2(6.5) | 15(50.0) | 19(45.2) | 0(0) |
Phenicols | ||||||||||
Chloramphenicol | 188(32.6) | 17(26.2) | 46(40.7) | 14(48.3) | 20(62.5) | 23(50) | 18(58.1) | 17(48.6) | 10(21.7) | 23(12.8) |
Tetracyclines | ||||||||||
Tetracycline | 213(57.0) | 41(66.1) | 50(48.1) | 15(55.6) | 23(71.9) | 28(60.9) | 19(65.5) | - | 18(43.9) | 1(50.0) |
Glycopeptide | ||||||||||
Vancomycin | 80(32.8) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13(27.7) | 66(35.5) |
Lincosamides | ||||||||||
Clindamycin | 6(12.8) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(14.3) | 0.0) |
Beta-Lactams | ||||||||||
Penicillin | 206(90.7) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38(86.4) | 168 (92.3) |
Oxacillin | 208(91.2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37(80.4) | 171(94.5) |
Ampicillin | 333(94.3) | 61(92.4) | 112(95.7) | 29(96.7) | 31(93.9) | 45(93.8) | 25(80.6) | 30(83.3) | - | - |
Macrolides | ||||||||||
Erythromycin | 18(42.9) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18(42.9) | 0 | |
Other | ||||||||||
Nitrofurantoin | 155(42.2) | 12(19.0) | 14(51.9) | 25(80.6) | 31(66.0) | 4(13.8) | 16(72.7) | 4(9.8) | 1(33.3) | |