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Table 2 Proportion of first-line antibiotics resistant bacteria in war-related post-traumatic osteomyelitis according to country of origin, 2006–2016

From: Post-traumatic osteomyelitis in Middle East war-wounded civilians: resistance to first-line antibiotics in selected bacteria over the decade 2006–2016

Organism

Iraq

Syria

Yemen

p

Total

N a

n (%)

N a

n (%)

N a

n (%)

N a

n (%)

3GC-REb

129

111 (86.0)

52

45 (86.5)

44

38 (86.3)

.9

225

194 (86.2)

MRSAc

102

68 (66.6)

44

23 (52.2)

44

24 (54.5)

.17

190

115 (60.5)

CRPAd

48

27 (56.2)

28

14 (50.0)

10

5 (50.0)

.8

86

46 (53.4)

CRABe

13

4 (30.7)

6

4 (66.6)

1

1 (100.0)

.2

20

9 (45.0)

  1. aNumber of isolates with susceptibility test result available for each type of bacteria
  2. bEnterobacteriaceae resistant to third-generation cephalosporin
  3. cS. aureus resistant to methicillin
  4. dP. aeruginosa resistant to ceftazidime
  5. eA. baumannii resistant to carbapenem
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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