Enteric bacterial agents associated with diarrhea and their antimicrobial sensitivity profiles in children under 5 years from mukuru informal settlement, Nairobi, Kenya

Table 3 Antimicrobial resistance profile across the genera of the recovered bacterial enterics. (n) represents the number of bacteria enterics resistant to the antimicrobial

Genus		Antimicrobial resistance profiles: n (%)
Genus	n	AMP	AMC	SAM	TZP	CFZ	CXM	CAZ	CRO	CTX	FEP	FOX	CAE	ATM	MEM	AMK	GEN	CIP	SMX	NIT
Citrobacter spp	10		1(10)		0	9(81.8)	0	0	0	0	0	2(20)	0	0	0	0	1(9.1)	1(9.1)	3(27.3)	0
*E.coli*	56	39(72)	7(13)	24(44)	8(15)	28(50)	17(30)	8(14)	17(30)	16(27)	6(11)	7(13)	17(30)	25(14)	2(4)	1(1.8)	7(13)	10(18)	41(73)	2(4)
*Enterobacter spp*	38	1(3)	27(71)		1(3)	32(84)	2(5)	0	1(3)	1(3)	0	30(79)	2(5)	1(3)	0	0	2(5)	2(5)	11(29)	1(3)
*Klebsiella spp*	21	13(62)	4(19)	3(15)	0	6(29)	5(23)	1(5)	3(15)	3(15)	0	5(23)	5(23)	1(5)	0	0	2(10)	2(10)	10(48)	1(5)
*Kluyviella spp*	4	1(25)	0	0	0	3(75)	1(25)	1(25)	1(25)	1(25)	1(25)	1(25)	1(25)	1(25)	0	1(25)	1(25)	1(25)	4(100)	0
*Morgenella spp*	1	1(100)	1(100)	1(100)	0	1(100)	1(100)	0	0	0	0	0	1(100)	0	0	0	0	0	1(100)	0
*Proteus spp*	13	5(46)	3(23)	0	0	4(31)	1(8)	0	0	0	0	3(23)	1(8)	0	0	0	0	1(8)	8(62)	7(54)
*Providencia spp*	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(100)	1(100)
*Pseudomonas spp*	2					0		0	0	0	0				0	0	0	0	0
*Raoutella spp*	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(100)	0
*Salmonella spp*	3	3(100)	1(33)	1(33)	0	2(66)	0	0	0	0	0	1(33)	0	0	0	0	1(33)	1(33)	3(100)	0
*Shigella spp*	5	2(40)	3(60)	2(40)	0	3(60)	1(20)	0	0	0	0	1(20)	1(20)	0	0	0	0	0	3(60)	1(20)
*pantoea spp*	1		1(100)		0	1(100)	0	0	0	0	0	1(100)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(100)	1(100)

Key: AMP- ampicillin, AMC- amoxicillin clavulanic acid, SAM- ampicillin sulbactam, TZP- tazobactam piperacillin, CZO- cefazolin, CXM- cefuroxime, CAZ- ceftazidime, CRO- ceftriaxone, CTX- cefotaxime, FEP- cefepime, FOX- cefoxitin, CAE- cefuroxime axetil, ATM- aztreonam, MEM- meropenem, AMK- amikacin, GEN- gentamicin, CIP- ciprofloxacin, SMX- sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, NIT- nitrofurantoin. E.coli- Escherichia coli, spp represents species, (_) indicate drug not tested, n represents the percentage resistance.

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