Table 2: Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of total 262 E. coli isolates from urine specimens of both hospitalized and community patients.*

Antibiotics
(disk concentration/ug)		 No. (%) Resistant
Nalidixic acid (30) 183(69.8)
Cortimoxazole(25) 151(57.6)
Augmentin(30) 150(57.3)
Cefuroxime(30) 130(49.6)
Ciprofloxacin(5) 122(46.6)
Ceftriaxone(30) 112(42.7)
Ceftazidime(30) 88(33.6)
Gentamicin(10) 57(21.8)
Cefoxitin(30) 30(11.5)
Nitrofurantoin(300) 29(11.1)
Fosfomycin (50)** 2(1.3) 0
Colistin sulphate(10) Null

* A total of 150 (57.3%) of E. coli isolates were MDR, and all 35 E. coli isolates from hospitalized patients were MDR. ** only the 150 MDR isolates were tested for fosfomycin