Table 3 Comparison of culture growth, isolated bacteria and resistance profile with and without previous antibiotic use (with exception of cotrimoxazole or dapsone prophylaxis)
Overall | Previous antibiotic use | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 200 | Yes n = 83 (41.5) | No n = 117 (58.5) | p-values* | |
Culture growth | ||||
Positive culture | 32/200 (16) | 12/83 (14.5) | 20/117 (17.1) | 0.62 |
Mixed culture | 36/200 (18) | 15/83 (18.1) | 21/117 (18.0) | 0.98 |
Insignificant bacterial growth | 36/200 (18) | 14/83 (16.9) | 22/117 (18.8) | 0.73 |
No bacterial growth | 96/200 (48) | 42/83 (50.6) | 54 (46.2) | 0.54 |
Isolated bacteria | ||||
Escherichia coli | 23/32 (71.9) | 8/12 (66.7) | 15/20 (75.0) | 0.70 |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 3/32 (9.4) | 1/12 (8.3) | 2/20 (10) | 0.99 |
Morganella morganii | 2/32 (6.3) | 1/12 (8.3) | 1/20 (5) | 0.99 |
Others† | 6/32 (18.8) | 3/12 (25) | 3/20 (15) | 0.65 |
Overall resistance profile | ||||
Ciprofloxacin | 11/26 (42.3) | 6/11 (54.5) | 5/15 (33.3) | 0.23 |
Nitrofurantoin | 3/28 (10.7) | 2/9 (22.2) | 1/19 (5.2) | 0.09 |
Cotrimoxazole | 28/29 (96.5) | 11/12 (91.7) | 17/17 (100) | 0.41 |
Ceftriaxone | 3/31 (9.7) | 2/10 (20) | 3/11 (27) | 0.99 |