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Table 5 Multidrug resistance index patterns of bacterial isolates from blood culture of patients from specific hospitals in Asmara, Eritrea, 2014–2022

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

Number of resistant isolates

(R)

Bacterial isolates

E. coli

n(%)

Klebsiella spp. n (%)

Enterobacter

n (%)

Pseudomonas spp n (%)1

Citrobacter

n (%)1

Salmonella spp n (%)

Other GNB n (%)1

S. aureus

n (%)

CoNs

n(%)

R0

2

0

1

0

0

3

1

1

5

R1

7

8

1

0

1

4

3

4

13

R2

1

5

0

1

2

0

1

9

52

R3

7

3

6

1

1

2

4

5

70

R4

7

11

2

4

3

2

5

4

37

R5

3

8

3

3

3

0

4

7

12

R6

2

14

1

7

6

1

4

7

-

R7

7

22

3

3

6

4

4

7

-

R8

9

24

4

3

6

12

3

1

-

R9

12

14

6

6

7

2

1

2

--

R10

8

8

2

2

10

0

4

0

-

R11

1

0

1

3

3

1

2

0

-

MAR index

0.52

0.57

0.56

0.58

0.62

0.49

0.55

0.4

0.58

  1. Abbreviations: E. coli: Escherichia coli; GNB: Gram Negative bacteria; CoNs: Coagulase negative staphylococcus; n: Number of isolates; R: resistance, R0: No resistance; R1: Resistant to 1antibiotic; R2: Resistant to 2 antibiotics