Table 2.

Antibiotic resistance of gram negative bacterial isolates from blood culture Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia from October 2009 to March 2010

Name of isolates	Number of strains (%) resistance to
	AMX	AM	C	CF	CIP	GM	CRO	TE	NA	SXT
E. coli (n=4)	0(0)	4(100)	4(100)	0(0)	0(0)	3(75)	0(0)	3(75)	0(0)	4(100)
K. pneumoniae (n=3)	1(33)	3(100)	1(33)	1(33)	0(0)	(33)	(0)	3(100)	3(100)	3(100)
Salmonella spp. (n=1)	1(100)	1(100)	1(100)	1(100)	0(0)	1(100)	0(0)	1(100)	0(0)	NT
Citrobacter spp. (n=1)	1(100)	1(100)	1(100)	1(100)	0(0)	1(100)	0(0)	1(100)	0(0)	1(100)
Total (n=9)	3(33)	9(100)	7(77.8)	3(33)	0(0)	6(66.7)	0(0)	8(88.9)	3(33)	8(88.9)

Key: - AMX =Amoxicillin NA=Nalidixic acid, AM =Ampicillin, CF =Cephalothin, TE= Tetracycline, C= Chloramphenicol, CIP= Ciprofloxacin, SXT= Trimethoprim+Sulphamethazole, GM= Gentamicin CRO= Ceftriaxone , MET= Methicillin