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Table 2 Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of clinical isolates of E. coli determined by disk diffusion

From: Whole-genome sequence analysis of clinically isolated carbapenem resistant Escherichia coli from Iran

Antimicrobial agent

ISEC (n/%)

IREC (n(%))

Total (n(%))

S

I

R

S

I

R

S

I

R

Meropenem

100

0

0

0

0

4 (100)

100 (96)

0

4 (3.8)

Fosfomycin

96

0

4

4 (100)

0

0

100 (96)

0

4 (3.8)

Nitrofurnatoin

99

0

1

4 (100)

0

0

103 (99)

0

1 (0.96)

Amikacin

93

2

5

2 (50)

0

2 (50)

95 (91.3)

2 (1.92)

7 (6.7)

Gentamicin

70

0

30

1 (25)

0

3 (75)

71 (68.2)

0

33 (31.7)

Tetracycline

32

0

68

2 (50)

0

2 (50)

34 (32.6)

0

70 (67.3)

Doxycycline

30

7

63

2 (50)

0

2 (50)

32 (30.7)

7 (6.7)

65 (62.5)

Chloramphenicol

80

1

19

2 (50)

0

2 (50)

82 (78.8)

1 (0.96)

21 (20.1)

Ciprofloxacin

26

4

70

0

0

4 (100)

26 (25)

4 (3.8)

74 (71.1)

Ceftazidime

50

20

30

0

0

4 (100)

50 (48)

20 (19.2)

34 (32.6)

  1. ISEC Imipenem susceptible E. coli (also includes isolates with intermediate susceptibility to imipenem (MIC = 2 mg/L)), IREC Imipenem Resistant E. coli, S Susceptible, I Intermediate, R Resistant