Antimicrobial resistance pattern and uropathogens distribution in children visiting a referral hospital in Mogadishu

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Table 1. Culture results according to age, gender and type of patients.

Variable	Total, %	Culture-negative	Culture-positive
Age <1 y 1–5 y 6–11 y 12–18 y	155 (18.5%) 218 (26%) 217 (25.8%) 250 (29.8%)	127 175 184 206	28 43 33 44
Gender Female Male	469 (55.8%) 371 (44.2%)	388 304	82 66
Type Outpatient İnpatient unit PICU	398 (47.3%) 298 (35. 5%) 144 (17.1%)	325 244 123	73 54 21

Table 2. Distribution of uropathogens that showed bacterial growth according to age and gender.

Pathogen	Total, %	Age				Gender
		<1 y	1–5 y	6–11 y	12–18 y	Male	Female
E. coli	71 (48%)	12	23	16	20	38	33
K. pneumoniae	24 (16.2%)	8	3	7	6	12	12
P. aeruginosa	11 (7. 4%)	1	6	2	2	8	3
S. aureus	11 (7. 4%)	1	4	1	5	6	5
Enterococcus	4 (2.7%)	1		1	2	1	3
Proteus mirabilis	2 (1.3%)		1		1	2
Candida	22 (14.8%)	5	6	3	8	11	11
Others	3 (2%)			2	1	2	1

Table 3. The antimicrobial resistance pattern against individual pathogens.

Medication	Total/resistant	E. coli	K. pneumoniae	P. aeruginosa	S. aureus
Cephazolin	45 (77.8%)	75.8%	84.6%	50%
Cefotaxime	29 (89.6%)	84.2%	100%
Cefoxitin	36 (55.6%)	45%	87.5%	100%	20%
Cefuroxime	77 (77.9%)	76.3%	88.8%
Ceftriaxone	33 (75.8%)	78.3%	87.5%
Ceftazidime	24 (54.2%)	60%	100%	37.5%
Cefipime	11 (36.3%)	0%	50%	50%
Cefixime	48 (70.8%)	71.5%	80%
Ampicillin	75 (95%)	93.6%
Cefoparozin-sulbactam	28 (35.7%)	30%	57.1%
Piperacillin	13 (61.5%)	20%		87.5%
Piperacillin-Tazobectum	54 (16.6%)	7.1%	45.5%	18.8%
Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid	63 (41.3%)	41. 4%	35.7%
Gentamycin	56 (30.3%)	30%	27.3%	50%	50%
Amikacin	99 (4%)	3.3%	5%	11.1%
Smx-tmp	79 (79.7%)	82%	81.3%	100%	40%
Ciprofloxacin	74 (54.1%)	61.9%	58.3%	33.3%	33.3%
Levofloxacin	40 (40%)	38.3%	33.3%	50%	75%
Nitrofurantoin	65 (24.6%)	22.2%	38.5%	50%
Fosfomuycin	46 (15.2%)	20.6%	8.3%	100%
Imipenem	58 (6.8%)	0%	13.3%	40%
Meropenem	66 (13.6%)	5.1%	30%	30%
Ertapenem	53 (13.2%)	10.8%	0%		100%
Linezolid	11 (0%)	0%	0%	0%	0%
Vancomycin	13 (0%)	0%	0%	0%	0%
Tigecycline	19 (0%)	0%	0%	0%	0%
Teocopalmin	8 (0%)	0%	0%	0%	0%
Daptomycin	9 (0%)	0%	0%	0%	0%
Clindamycin	10 (20%)				22.2%
Ampicillin-sulbactam	4 (50%)
Colistin	20 (0%)	0%	0%	0%	0%