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Table 6: Percentage of antibiotic resistance for Enterococcus faecalis isolated

from all samples. The number of samples tested is stated in a bracket.

Antibiotic 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
%R %R %R %R %R
(no. tested) (no. tested) (no. tested) (no. tested) (no. tested)
Ampicillin 6.0 (2374) 5.4 (1953) 5.8 (2184) 5.3 (3576) 7.7 (4057)

Gentamicin 23.7 (1513) 22.5 (1200) 18.0 (1325) 17.7 (2756) 18.5 (3456)
(120μg)

Vancomycin 1.3 (2313) 2.2 (1994) 2.0 (2185) 2.3 (3528) 2.2 (4045)

Linezolid 2.2 (1905) 4.5 (1669) 4.4 (1952) 3.9 (3309) 4.4 (3799)

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Ampicillin Gentamicin (120µg) Vancomycin Linezolide

Figure 13: Antibiotic resistance trend for Enterococcus faecalis isolated from all
samples from 2017 until 2021.

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