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Table 4 Distribution of the 27 MDR* uropathogenic bacterial isolates from the 120 studied catheterized patients in AMUH, 2019

From: Probiotic lactic acid bacteria as a means of preventing in vitro urinary catheter colonization and biofilm formation

Group

Bacterial isolates (n = 38)

MDRa

No.

%

Gram-positive cocci

Enterococcus spp. (6)

1

16.8

Gram-negative bacilli

K. pneumoniae (16)

13

82.3

E. coli (12)

11

91.7

P. aeruginosa (2)

1

50.0

P. mirabilis (1)

0

0.0

M. morganii (1)

1

100.0

 

Total

27

71.1

  1. aMDR uropathogens were those isolates that showed resistance to at least one agent in three or more of the antimicrobial categories