Table 2 Percentage of antibiotic resistance of different organisms isolated from cancer patients in the ICU in a tertiary care hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 2017-2020
All specimens results | MDR strains n (%) |
|---|---|
Gram-negative bacteria | |
 Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 183) | 173 (94.5) |
 Escherichia coli (n = 136) | 120 (88.25) |
 Acinetobacter baumannii (n = 67) | 63 (94) |
 Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n = 30) | 17 (56.7) |
 Proteus mirabilis (n = 20) | - |
 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (n = 7) | 7 (100) |
 Enterobacter cloacae (n = 5) | - |
 Burkholderia cepacia (n = 4) | - |
 Othersa (n = 7) | - |
 Total (n = 459) | 380 (82.8) |
Gram-positive bacteria | |
 Staphylococcus aureus (n = 41) | 39 (95) |
 Enterococcus faecalis (n = 25) | 25 (100) |
 Enterococcus faecium (n = 6) | 6 (100) |
 Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 2) | - |
 Staphylococcus epidermidis (n = 1) | - |
 Total (n = 75) | 70 (93.3) |
Fungi | |
 Candida albicans (n = 98) | - |
 Candida tropicalis (n = 72) | - |
 Candida glabrata (n = 24) | 12 (50) |
 Candida parapsilosis (n = 11) | - |
 Candida kruseib (n = 7) | 7 (100) |
 Cryptococcus laurentii (n = 2) | - |
 Total (n = 214) | 19 (8.9) |