Table 3.

Resistance antibiogram pattern of the blood bacterial isolates Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia from October 2009 – March 2010.

Blood isolates	Resistance antibiogram	No
Gram positive
CNS	P,AM,C P,AM,MET P,C,TE P,AM,GM P,AM,C,CF,MET,SXT	1 1 1 1 1
S. aureus	P,AM,C,TE,MET P,AM,C,GM,TE,MET,SXT P, AMX,AM,C,GM,TE,E,MET,SXT P,AMX,AM,C,CF,GM,TE,E,ME,SXT	2 1 1 1
S. pyogens	P,AM P,AM,TE	2 1
Gram negative
E. coli	AM,C,GM,SXT AM,C,GM,TE,SXT	1 3
K. pneumonae	AMX,AM,TE,NA AM, C, CF,GM,TE,SXT,NA	1 2
Salmonella spp.	AMX,AM,C,CF,TE,SXT	1
Citrobacter spp.	AMX,AM,C,CF,GM,TE,SXT	1

Key: Penicillin G = P, AMX =Amoxicillin NA=Nalidixic acid, AM =Ampicillin, E= Erythromycin, KF =Cephalothin, TE= Tetracycline, C= Chloramphenicol, SXT= Trimethoprim+Sulphamethazole, CN= Gentamicin, MET= Methicillin, CNS= Coagulase negative staphylococcus