Table 5 Antimicrobial resistance of urinary E. coli in patients with and without diabetes. Department of Medicine, Pisa (1996–2003).
Diabetic patients | Non diabetic patients | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antomicrobial agent | Tested strains | Resistant strains | Tested strains | Resistant strains | |||
n° | n° | % | n° | n° | % | p values | |
ampicillin | 157 | 46 | 29 | 490 | 147 | 39.6 | NS |
cotrimoxazole | 151 | 29 | 19.2 | 441 | 77 | 17.4 | NS |
ciprofloxacin | 154 | 18 | 11.6 | 463 | 31 | 6.6 | NS |
nitrofurantoin | 178 | 15 | 8.4 | 495 | 34 | 6.9 | NS |