Table 1: List of some common well-reported cases of antibiotics resistance rate in India.

Location Isolates Organism Resistance rate (%)
Sikkim (2011) 291 clinical Ssecimens, 196 carrier screening nasal samples Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) 38.14 in clinical specimens, 20.92 in nasal samples
Tertiary trauma
Center of AIIMS, New Delhi (2011)
3,984 clinical
specimens
Gram-negative
Pseudomonas, Acinetobactor, Klebsiella, E.coli, Enterobacter sp., Gram-positive S. aureus, Coagulase negative staphylococci
Overall resistance of gram-negative organisms was 50 against carbapenems, 66 aminoglycosides, 76 Fluoroquinolones, 88 third generation cephalosporins
CMC Vellore, various centers across India (2010) 176 clinical
specimens
P. aeruginosa Among the 61 P. aeruginosa isolates, resistance to carbapenem was 42.6.
Puducherry (2010) 31 clinical samples K. pneumoniae 93.55 multiple drug resistant and ESBL producer
Mangalore (2010) 83 Community-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) clinical isolates CA-MRS strains 92.8 were resistant to penicillin, 31.32 to erythromycin
Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi (2010) 83 isolates from
OPD cases of pyoderma
CA-MRSA 9.6
Mangalore (2010) 180 clinical samples Enterococcal strains 16.67 to 42.86 to aminoglycosides
Nagpur (2009) 1300 nasopharyngeal swabs from school children MRSA 4.16
Puducherry (2008) 261 clinical isolates 72.34 of Staphylococcus aureus resistant to oxacillin
Lucknow (2007) 2995 blood
samples
Klebsiella spp., Staphylococcus isolates Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) producing Klebsiella spp. were 98.28 resistant to ampicillin, ticarcillin and piperacillin. Monobactam and cephalosporin resistance was also higher (>60)
Kolkata (2007) 284 clinical isolates Metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) producing bacteria 43.3 were resistant to at least seven antibiotics (ampicillin, amoxicillin, cephalexin, ciprofloxacin, cotrimaxazole, erythromycin,gentamycin)
MVIDH, Delhi (2007) 9858 stool samples V. cholera 96 to furazolidone, cotrimoxazole and nalidixic acid