Table 3.
Antibiotic resistance profile of isolates.
| Isolated organisms | Rate of resistance to different antibiotics tested | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OX | FOX | VAN | TEI | E | CD | P | CFX | COT | G | AK | OF | CFM | CTX | CAZ | PI | PIT | CAR | AMX | NA | |
| Coagulase negative Staphylococcus spp. | 29.4 | 35.3 | 0 | 0 | 51.5 | 26.5 | 88.2 | 80.9 | 67.6 | 55.9 | 2.9 | 32.4 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 33.3 | 44.4 | 0 | 0 | 55.6 | 22.2 | 88.9 | 77.8 | 44.4 | 44.4 | 0 | 22.2 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Enterococcus spp. | 0 | X | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 0 | 100 | X | X | 60.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Acinetobacter spp. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 56.7 | 26.7 | 10.3 | 20.0 | 76.7 | 66.7 | 77.3 | 60.0 | 43.3 | X | 83.3 | X |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 52.9 | 11.7 | 35.3 | 58.8 | 70.6 | 58.8 | 76.5 | 52.9 | 41.2 | 100 | X |
| Citrobacter spp. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 50.0 | 75.0 | 0 | 25.0 | 0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | X | 100 | X |
| Enterobacter spp. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 69.2 | 61.5 | 23.0 | 61.5 | 69.2 | 15.4 | 23.0 | 61.5 | 38.5 | X | 77.0 | X |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 62.5 | 50.0 | 0 | 37.5 | 50.0 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 62.5 | 37.5 | X | 100 | X |
| Escherichia coli | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 77.8 | 66.7 | 11.1 | 33.3 | 22.2 | 55.5 | 66.7 | 77.8 | 55.5 | X | 77.8 | X |
| Salmonella spp. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 44.4 | 22.2 | 0 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 55.5 | 44.4 | 55.5 | 22.2 | X | 88.9 | 33.3 |
Note: OX: oxacillin, FOX: cefoxitin, VAN: vancomycin, TEI: teicoplanin, E: erythromycin, CD: clindamycin, P: penicillin G, CFX: cephalexin, COT: cotrimoxazole, G: gentamicin, AK: amikacin, OF: ofloxacin, CFM: cefixime, CTX: cefotaxime, CAZ: ceftazidime, PI: piperacillin, PIT: piperacillin-tazobactam, CAR: carbenicillin, AMX: amoxycillin, NA: nalidixic acid, X: not tested.