Asymptomatic Bacteriuria among Pregnant Women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Prevalence, Causal Agents, and Their Antimicrobial Susceptibility

Table 4

Antimicrobial resistance pattern of bacterial pathogens isolated from pregnant women (N = 56).

Bacterial species	Health facility	Resistance pattern	No. with R-pattern	No. of antimicrobials to which isolate is R
E. coli (17)
	TASH (06)	Am,Te, S, Gm, Cro, C, An	1	7
		G, Cf, Amc, Am	5	4
	ZMH (09)	Cip, Te, Sxt, Gm, Cro, Am	1	6
		S, Am	2	2
		G. Cf, Am, Amc	6	4
	Private (02)	Cro, G, Te, S, Cf, Amc, Am	2	7
Proteus spp. (13)
	TASH (04)	Te, Sxt, S, Gm, G, Am, Cf, An	1	8
		Cf, Amc, Am	3	3
	ZMH (08)	Cro, C, Am, Amc, Cf	5	5
		Te, S, G	3	3
	Private (01)	Cro, Cf, An, Am, Amc	1	5
Enterococcus spp. (11)
	TASH (02)	P, Ox, Da, Cip, Cro, Cf, Amc	2	7
	ZMH (05)	P, Da, C, Va, Amc, Cf,	3	6
		Ery, Da, Ox, P	2	4
	Private (04)	P, Ox, Da, Cf, Amc, Ery, K	1	7
		P, Ox	3	2
Klebsiella spp. (8)
	TASH (04)	S, C, Cf, Amc,Gm, Cip, An	1	7
		Cf, Amc, Cro	3	3
	ZMH (03)	Sxt, G, Cro, Cf, Amc	3	5
	Private (01)	Cf, Amc, S	1	3
Citrobacter spp. (7)
	TASH (02)	S, G, Cf, An, Am, Amc	2	6
	ZMH (04)	S, Cro, Cf, Am, Amc, Te	1	6
		G, Am, Cf	3	3
	Private (1)	S, G, Cro, Cf, Am, An, Sxt, Amc	1	8

R: resistant, R-pattern: resistance pattern, Te: tetracycline, Sxt: sulfamethoxazole + trimethoprim, S: streptomycin, Gm: gentamicin, Cro: ceftriaxone, Cip: ciprofloxacin, Cf: cephalothin, C: chloramphenicol, An: amikacin, Amc: amoxicillin + clavulanic acid, Am: ampicillin, Va: vancomycin, P: penicillin, Ery: erythromycin, Ox: oxacillin, DA: clindamycin, G: sulfisoxazole, An: amikacin, TASH: Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, and ZMH: Zewditu Memorial Hospital.