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S aureus isolates were methicillin-resistant, 34% of
Enterococcus faecium were resistant to vancomycin, and 58% of
Streptococcus pneumoniae had reduced susceptibility to penicillin.
Among gram-negative bacteria, 59% of
E coli and 40% of
K pneumoniae produced extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) enzymes, and 29% and 11% were resistant to carbapenems, respectively. In addition, 79% of
Acinetobacter spp. and 45% of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa were carbapenem resistant, and 88% of
Haemophilus influenzae were resistant to ampicillin.
When compared with data collected from the same hospitals in 2012-13, the proportion  of antibiotic-resistant isolates were higher in 2016-17 for most pathogen-antibiotic combinations of interest, including imipenem-resistant
A baumannii,
E coli,
P aeruginosa was also higher. ....

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[Full text] Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Bacterial Isolates from Routine


2Central Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory (CTRL), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;
3School of Life Science and Bioengineering, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania;
4University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada;
5Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Correspondence: Nicholaus P Mnyambwa
Email [email protected]
Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest threats of modern public health. Although sub-Saharan Africa is highly burdened with infectious diseases, current data on antimicrobial resistance are sparse.
Methods: A prospective study was conducted between October 2018 and September 2019 to assess the antibiotic susceptibility patterns of clinical bacterial isolates obtained from four referral hospitals in Tanzania. We used standard media and Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion methods as per Clinical and Laboratory Standar ....

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