Volume 5, Number 1—February 1999
Perspective
Socioeconomic and Behavioral Factors Leading to Acquired Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics in Developing Countries
Iruka N. Okeke*, Adebayo Lamikanra*, and Robert Edelman†
Table 3
Antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli strains isolated from residents of an urban area (Lagos) or rural/suburban areas (southwest Nigeria) (from [91])
| Antimicrobial agent | Percentage of resistant isolates |
|
|---|---|---|
| Urban (n = 30) | Rural/suburban (n = 44) | |
| Ampicillina | 53 | 27 |
| Chloramphenicol | 13 | 14 |
| Streptomycina | 63 | 32 |
| Sulphathiazoleb | 73 | 48 |
| Tetracyclineb | 87 | 64 |
| Trimethoprim | 53 | 41 |
aSignificant differences between the two groups at p < 0.05 (Chi-square test)
bSignificant differences between the two groups at p < 0.10 (Chi-square test)
