Table 13

Ranks of resistance rates in China, U.S. and Kuwait, 2001(Rank correlations at bottom of table)

Bacterium(a)
Antibiotic(s)
China
U.S.
Kuwait

SAU
Methicillin
3
2
11
SPN
Erythromycin
1
4
4
Cefotaxime
21
5
14
Enterococcus spp
Vancomycin
20
7
17
ECO
Ceftazidime
15
17
13
Cefotaxime
8
18
15
Ceftriaxone
6
19
16
Ciprofloxacin/Ofloxacin
2
13
3
PAE
Ceftazidime
11
8
2
Ciprofloxacin/Ofloxacin
5
3
1
KPN
Ceftazidime
16
9
7
Cefotaxime
12
10
8
Ceftriaxone
7
11
9
Ciprofloxacin
9
6
6
Salmonella spp
Amoxicillin-clavulanate
13
12
12
Ceftriaxone
19
20
18
Ciprofloxacin
22
21
10
TMP/SMX
23
14
19
Gentamicin
14
15
20
Shigella spp
Amoxicillin-clavulanate
4
16
5
Ceftriaxone
17
23
21
Ciprofloxacin
18
24
22
TMP/SMX
24
1
23
Gentamicin
10
22
24
Correlation Coefficients
CHN_US: 0.18
US_KW: 0.46
CHN_KW: 0.60

Zhang et al. Globalization and Health 2006 2:6   doi:10.1186/1744-8603-2-6