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Table 3 Comparison between CRPA and CSPA on the susceptibility of antibiotics tested

From: Epidemiology of carbapenem non-susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Eastern Algeria

Antibiotics

Proportion of resistance (%), (No. of resistant strains)

p-value

CRPA

CSPA

Ticarcilline

100 % (15)

53 % (34)

>0.0001

Ticarcilline + clavulanic acid

93 % (14)

48.44 % (31)

0.001

Ceftazidime

87 % (13)

50.00 % (32)

0.008

Aztreonam

93 % (14)

29.69 % (19)

>0.0001

Piperacilline

87 % (13)

25.00 % (16)

>0.0001

Ciprofloxacine

100 % (15)

31.25 % (20)

>0.0001

Colistin

7 % (4)

24.61 (16)

1

Amikacin

0 %

0 %

 

Gentamicin

46.66 % (7)

15.38 % (10)

0.007

  1. CRPA:carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa, CSPA: carbapenem-susceptible P. aeruginosa