Table 1.
Antibiotic resistance of CoNS isolates from faecal samples
| Antimicrobial |
Number (%) of resistant isolates |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| MRCoNS (n = 15) | MSCoNS (n = 38) | Total (n = 53) | |
| Penicillin V (PEN) |
15 (100) |
38 (100) |
53 (100) |
| Oxacillin (OXA) |
15 (100) |
0 (0) |
15 (28.3) |
| Gentamicin (GEN) |
1 (6.7) |
2 (5.3) |
3 (5.7) |
| Erythromycin (ERY) |
1 (6.7) |
4 (10.5) |
5 (9.4) |
| Tetracycline (TET) |
1 (6.7) |
6 (15.8) |
7 (13.2) |
| Co-trimoxazole (COT) |
14 (93.3) |
5 (13.2) |
19 (35.8) |
| Chloramphenicol (CL) |
2 (13.3) |
2 (5.3) |
4 (7.5) |
| Amoxicillin-clavulanate (AMC) |
15 (100) |
16 (42.1) |
31 (58.5) |
| Ciprofloxacin (CIP) |
1 (6.7) |
0 (0) |
1 (1.9) |
| Pefloxacin (PEF) | (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |