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Table 1 Antimicrobial nonsusceptibility rates of E. coli in the stools of community children in Southern Taiwan

From: Fecal carriage of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli by community children in southern Taiwan

Non-susceptible rate % (number/total number)

 

Total

MDR E. coli (n = 58)

Non MDR E. coli (n = 99)

p

Flormoxef

7.6 (12/157)

17.2 (10/58)

2.0 (2/99)

0.001

Ampicillin

70.1 (110/157)

100.0 (58/58)

52.5 (52/99)

< 0.001

Amoxicillin/clavunate

65.6 (103/157)

96.6 (56/58)

47.5 (47/99)

< 0.001

Cefazolin

32.5 (51/157)

77.6 (45/58)

6.1 (6/99)

< 0.001

Cefuroxime

22.9 (36/157)

55.2 (32/58)

4.0 (4/99)

< 0.001

Cefuroxime Axetil

24.8 (39/157)

55.2 (32/58)

7.1 (7/99)

< 0.001

Cefoxitin

15.3 (24/157)

37.9 (22/58)

2.0 (2/99)

< 0.001

Cefotaxime

19.6 (31/157)

46.6 (27/58)

4.0 (4/99)

< 0.001

Ceftazidime

13.4 (21/157)

29.3 (17/58)

4.0 (4/99)

< 0.001

Cefpirome

8.3 (13/157)

19.0 (11/58)

2.0 (2/99)

< 0.001

Ertapenem

0.0 (0/157)

0.0 (0/58)

0.0 (0/99)

NA

Imipenem

0.0 (0/157)

0.0 (0/58)

0.0 (0/99)

NA

Amikin

0.0 (0/157)

0.0 (0/58)

0.0 (0/99)

NA

Gentamicin

22.9 (36/157)

60.3 (35/58)

1.0 (1/99)

< 0.001

Ciprofloxacin

18.5 (29/157)

43.1 (25/58)

4.0 (4/99)

< 0.001

Moxifloxacin

19.1 (30/157)

43.1 (25/58)

5.1 (5/99)

< 0.001

Tigecycline

0.0 (0/157)

0.0 (0/58)

0.0 (0/99)

NA

Colistin

0.6 (1/157)

1.7 (1/58)

0.0 (0/99)

0.190

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

47.1 (74/157)

84.5 (49/58)

25.3 (25/99)

< 0.001

  1. NA non-appreciable