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Table 3 Multidrug resistance pattern of bacterial isolates from sepsis suspected neonates at SPHMMC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 2020 to July 2020 (n = 400)

From: Prevalence and antibiotic resistance pattern of bacteria from sepsis suspected neonates at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Bacterial isolates

Degree of resistance (%)

Total MDR isolates ≥ R3

R0

R1

R2

R3

R4

E. coli (n = 19)

0 (0)

1(5.26)

3 (15.79)

10(52.6)

3 (15.7)

13 (68)

Klebsiella spp (n = 37)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1(2.70)

30 (83.7)

5 (13.5)

35 (95)

Acinetobacter spp (n = 8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

6 (87.5)

1(12.5)

8 (100%)

CoNS (n = 13)

0 (0)

1(7.69)

3 (23.08)

8 (61.54)

1(7.6)

9 (69%)

Total (n = 77)

0 (0)

2 (2.38)

9 (10.71)

59 (70)

10 (11.9)

65 (84%)

  1. R0- No antibiotic resistance, R1- Resistance to one category of antimicrobial agent, R2- Resistance to two different categories of antimicrobial agents, R3- Resistance to three different categories of antimicrobial agents, R4- ≥Resistance to four different categories of antimicrobial agents