Volume 17, Number 10—October 2011
Dispatch
Bacteremia and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance over Time, Ghana
Table 2
Ratio in percentages of antimicrobial drug–resistant bacterial isolates obtained from patients with bacterial bloodstream infections, Ghana, 2001–2002 and 2009*
Bacteria type and years |
PEN |
OXA |
AMP |
CEF |
GEN |
SMX |
CMP |
CIP |
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi | ||||||||
2001–2002 | 93.3 | 1.7 | 0 | 86.7 | 88.3 | 0 | ||
2009 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
100 |
100 |
0 |
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Nontyphoid Salmonella spp. | ||||||||
2001–2002 | 100 | 20.0 | 12.5 | 90.0 | 82.5 | 0 | ||
2009 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
88.9 |
77.8 |
0 |
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Enterobacteriaceae other than Salmonella spp. | ||||||||
2001–2002 | 100 | 50.0 | 60.0 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 0 | ||
2009 |
100 |
87.5 |
37.5 |
62.5 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
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Nonfermenters | ||||||||
2001–2002 | 91.7 | 75.0 | 16.7 | 41.7 | 100 | 0 | ||
2009 |
100 |
100 |
15.4 |
53.8 |
92.3 |
0 |
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Staphylococcus aureus | ||||||||
2001–2002 | 81.3 | 0 | 81.3 | 0 | 0 | 68.8 | ||
2009 |
100 |
0 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
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All bacteria | ||||||||
2001–2002 | 93.6 | 18.9 | 10.7 | 72.1 | 84.3 | 0 | ||
2009 | 100 | 41.7 | 10.4 | 72.9 | 84.4 | 8.9 |
*Blank cells indicate no testing performed. PEN, penicillin; OXA, oxacillin; AMP, ampicillin; CEF, cefuroxime; GEN, gentamicin; SMX, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole; CMP, chloramphenicol; CIP, ciprofloxacin.