From: Antibiotic resistance as a global threat: Evidence from China, Kuwait and the United States
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Rank | Bacter. | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | Average Resistance* | Average Growth Rate* | |
1 | Escherichia coli (ECO) | 53 | 49 | 60 | 61 | 60 | 63 | 62 | 59 | 3 | |
2 | Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PAE) | 9 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 17 | |
3 | Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPN) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 40 | |
4 | Staphylococci epidermidis (SEP) | 22 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 41 | 40 | 46 | 36 | 9 | |
5 | Staphylococci aureus (SAU) | MRSA** | 47 | 65 | 74 | 88 | 83 | 78 | 76 | 76 | 7 |
MSSA** | 8 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 8 | ||
6 | Enterococcus faecalis (EFA) | 25 | 34 | 28 | 34 | 32 | 45 | 45 | 34 | 9 | |
7 | Enterobacter cloacae (ECL) | 12 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 22 | 31 | 30 | 18 | 26 | |
8 | Acinetobacter baumannii (ABA) | 7 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 31 | 37 | 20 | 29 | |
9 | Citrobacter freundii (CFR) | 10 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 10 | |
10 | Proteus mirabilis (PMI) | 8 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 10 | |
Mean | 28 | 15 | |||||||||
Median | 20 | 10 |