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Table 4 Prevalence of multidrug resistance (MDR) positivity among commonly isolated bacteria that cause sepsis in patients in Asmara, Eritrea: 2014–2021

From: Major blood stream infection-causing bacterial pathogens, antimicrobial resistance patterns and trends: a multisite retrospective study in Asmara, Eritrea (2014–2022)

Year

Multi-drug resistance in uropathogenic bacteria (MDR in BSIs)

E. colin (%)1

Klebsiellaspp. n (%)1

Enterobacterspp.

n (%)1

Pseudomonasspp. n (%)1

Citrobacter

n (%)1

Other GNB n(%)1

Salmonella sppn (%)

Staphylococcus aureusn (%)

CoNs (%)

≤ 2016

3(42.9)

23(92.0)

3(100)

2(100)

1(100)

6(75)

2(66.7)

7(70.0)

25 (41.7)

2017–2018

6(85.7)

14(93.3)

2(66.7)

5(100)

6(100)

4(80)

-

6(75.0)

9(60.0)

2019–2020

21(89.7)

35(94.6)

7(100)

16(94.1)

16(94.1)

10(90.9)

3(100)

10(71.4)

35(71.4)

> 2020

26(89.7)

32(80.0)

16(94.1)

9(100)

22(95.7)

11(91.7)

19(76.0)

10(66.7)

50(76.9)

P value

0.012 (10.87)b

0.174 (4.97)

0.245 (4.16)

0.808 (0.971)

0.069 (7.08)

0.681(1.50)

0.576(1.10)

0.980 (0.19)

< 0.001 (18.67) b

Total

56(84.8)

104(88.9)

28(93.3)

32(97.0)

45(93.8)

31(86.1)

24(77.4)

33(70.2)

119(63.0)

  1. Abbreviations: GNB– Gram-Negative Bacteria; GPB - Gram-positive bacteria, Superscript b: Linear-to-linear association. Other GNB: Proteus spp, Providentia spp.