Table 5.

Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Gram-positive bacteria isolated from patients with either peri-ocular or ocular infection at Eye Unit Boru-meda General Hospital, February 1 to April 30, 2021 (n = 96)

Antimicrobials	Isolated bacterial species and their AST pattern
	S. aureus n = 38		CoNS n = 47		S. pneumoniae n = 6		Group-d-viridian streptococci n = 5		Gram positive Total n(%) n = 96
	S; n (%)	R; n (%)	S; n (%)	R; n (%)	S; n (%)	R; n (%)	S; n (%)	R; n (%)	n (%)S	n (%)R
P	-	38(100)	1(2.1)	46(97.9)	1(16.7)	5(83.3)	1 (20)	4(80)	3(3.125)	93(96.9)
TE	5 (13.2)	33(86.3)	10(21.3)	37(78.7)	-	6(100)	1 (20)	4(80)	16(16.7)	80(83.3)
ERY	20(52.6)	18(47.4)	12(25.5)	35(74.5)	3 (50)	3 (50)	2 (40)	3(60)	37(38.5)	59(61.5)
AZM	31(81.6)	7(18.4)	23(48.9)	24(51.1)	5(83.3)	1(16.7)	5(100)	-	64(66.7)	32(33.3)
CPR	36(94.7)	2(5.4)	39(82.9)	8(17.1)	6(100)	-	5(100)	-	86(89.6)	10(10.4)
DOX	18(47.4)	20(52.6)	20(42.6)	27(57.4)	1(16.7)	5(83.3)	1 20)	4(80)	40(41.7)	56(58.3)
CLN	36(94.7)	2(5.3)	44(93.6)	3(6.4)	6(100)	-	5(100)	-	91(94.8)	5(5.2)
C	25(65.8)	13(34.2)	28(59.6)	19(40.4)	3 (50)	3 (50)	2 (40)	3(60)	58(60.4)	38(39.6)
GEN	36(94.7)	2(5.3)	40(85.1)	7(14.9)	6 (100)	-	5 (100)	-	87(90.6)	9(9.4)
SXT	6 (15.8)	32(84.2)	3 (6.4)	44(93.6)	1 (16.7)	5(83.3	-	5(100	10(10.4)	86(89.6)
NIT	38(100)	-	47(100)	-	ND	ND	ND	ND	85(100)	0
MER	ND	ND	ND	ND	-	6(100)	-	5(100)	0	11(100)
IMP	ND	ND	ND	ND	6 (100)	-	5(100)	-	11(100)	0
CTR	ND	ND	ND	ND	6 (100)	-	4 (80)	1 (20)	10(90.9)	1(9.1)
VAN	ND	ND	ND	ND	6 (100)	-	5(100)	-	11(100)	0

NOTE: S-susceptible, R-resistant, P-penicillin, TE-tetracycline, ERY-erythromycin, AZM-azithromycin, CPR-ciprofloxacin, DOX-doxycycline, CLN-clindamycin, C-chloramphenicol, GEN-gentamicin, SXT-trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, NIT-nitrofurantoin, MER-meropenem, IMP-impenem, CTR-ceftriaxone, and VAN-vancomycin, ND-Not done