Table 2. Antibiotic susceptibility of isolated microorganisms from otorrhea in 117 CSOM patients to commonly used antimicrobialsa.
Species | CP | CFM | CO-AMOX | CLOX | GM | CF |
Coagulase (+) Staph | 85.4 | 27.2 | 63.6 | 81.8 | 95.5 | 90.9 |
Coagulase (-) Staph | 52.4 | 33.3 | 52.4 | 57.1 | 47.6 | 57.1 |
Pseudomonas | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 5 |
Proteus | 80 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 40 |
Klebsiella | 60 | 20 | 80 | 20 | 60 | 40 |
a CSOM: Chronic suppurative otitis media. CP: Ciprofloxacin, CFM: Cefixime, CO-AMOX: Amoxicillin/Clavulanate (Co-amoxiclave), CLOX: Cloxacillin, GM: Gentamicin, CF: Cephalexin.