Table 4.
Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of S. pyogenes Isolates from Pediatric Patients with Acute Pharyngitis at the UoGCSH, Gondar, Ethiopia, 2021
| Antibiotics | Sensitive N (%) |
Intermediate N (%) |
Resistant N (%) |
Total (“I” + “R”) N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penicillin | 23 (100) | – | – | – |
| Vancomycin | 22 (95.7) | – | 1 (4.3) | 1 (4.3) |
| Chloramphenicol | 22 (95.7) | – | 1 (4.3) | 1 (4.3) |
| Clindamycin | 21 (91.4) | 1 (4.3) | 1 (4.3) | 2 (8.6) |
| Ceftriaxone | 20 (87) | – | 3 (13) | 3 (13) |
| Azithromycin | 16 (69.6) | 4 (17.4) | 3 (13) | 7 (30.4) |
| Erythromycin | 14 (60.9) | 8 (34.8) | 1 (4.3) | 9 (39.1) |
| Tetracycline | 10 (43.5) | 8 (34.8) | 5 (21.7) | 13 (56.5) |
| Overall ASP | 148 (80.43) | 21 (11.41) | 15 (8.15) | 36 (19.57) |
Abbreviations: ASP, antimicrobial susceptibility pattern; I, intermediate; R, resistant.