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Table 5 Over all rate of multiple drug resistance (resistant to 2 or more antibiotics) in isolates from hospital and non-hospital waste water, 2012

From: Isolation and characterization of multiple drug resistance bacterial pathogens from waste water in hospital and non-hospital environments, Northwest Ethiopia

Study sites

Antibiotic resistance N (%)

 

R0

R1

R2*

R3

R4

≥R5**

Total

Hospital environment

0

12 (18.5)

9 (13.8)

4(6.1)

10 (15.4)

30 (46.2)

65 (100)

Non-Hospital environment

1 (2.1)

21 (43.8)

13 (27.8)

5 (10.4)

4 (8.3)

4 (8.3)

48 (100)

Total

1 (0.9)

33 (29.2)

22 (19.5%)

9 (7.9)

14 (12.4)

34 (30.1)

113 (100)

  1. R0 = Susceptible to all antibiotics tested; R1 = Resistance to 1 antibiotic; R2 = Resistance to 2 antibiotics; R3 = Resistance to 3 antibiotics; R4 = Resistance to 4 antibiotics; R5 and above = Resistance to 5 or more antibiotics. *P = value (>2 antibiotics) = (COR 3.74 1.49-9.53, 95% CI, P = 0.001).
  2. **P = value (≥R5 antibiotics) = (COR 9.43, 2.80-35.03; 95% CI, P = 0.00001).
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