Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Patients with Vaginal Discharge: A 2019-2022 Analysis at the National Health Laboratory in Eritrea

Table 1

Characteristics of microbial isolates from vaginal discharge in the National Health Laboratory.

Isolates	Frequency	Percent (%)
Citrobacter spp.	7	1.12
E. coli	87	14
Klebsiella spp.	19	3.1
Other gram-negative	14	2.3
Proteus spp.	6	1
S. aureus	27	4.3
Streptococcus	10	1.6
No growth	107	17.2
Nongroupable Streptococcus	18	2.9
CONS	199	32
Gram-positive bacilli	18	2.9
Candida albicans	13	2.1
Yeast	97	15.5
Patients age in years
<18	26	4.2
18-25	205	32.9
26-35	224	36.2
>35	167	26.8
Year of data collection
2019	102	16.4
2020	115	18.8
2021	140	22.4
2022	225	36.1
Total	622	100