Laboratory confirmed puerperal sepsis in a national referral hospital in Tanzania: etiological agents and their susceptibility to commonly prescribed antibiotics

Table 4 Resistance pattern of the isolates to the commonly prescribed antibiotics

Bacteria	N	Percent of resistant isolates
Bacteria	N	CEF	MER	CIP	CLI	GEN	AMP	PEN	CTZ
Klebsiella	22	77.3	13.6	50		86.4	81.8	–	86.4
E. coli	68	64.7	2.9	44.1	–	38.2	67.6		63.2
Pseudomonas	2	100	100	50		100	100	–	100
Enterococcus	2	–	–	100	–	–	100	100	–
S. aureus	13	–	–	38.5	0	15.4	–	69.2	–

Key: CEF Ceftriaxone, MER Meropenem, CIP Ciprofloxacin, CLI Clindamycin, GEN Gentamicin, AMP Ampicillin, PEN Penicillin, CTZ Ceftazidime

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