Table 4.
Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Gram positive bacterial isolates in postoperative surgical site infected patients in selected referral hospitals of Addis Ababa.
| Bacterial isolate | Pattern | Antimicrobial agents | ||||||
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| CN | CIP | TE | PE | SXT | FOX | E | ||
| S. aureus | S | 16 (84.2) | 16 | 15 (78.9) | 1 (5.3) | 15 (78.9) | 17 (89.5) | 15 (78.9) |
| R | 3 (15.8) | 3 (15.8) | 4 (21.1) | 18 (94.7) | 4 (21.1) | 2 (10.5) | 4 (21.1) | |
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| CoNS | S | 1 (25) | 0 (0) | 3 (75) | 1 (25) | 1 (25) | 0 (0) | 1 (25) |
| R | 3 (75) | 4 (100) | 1 (25) | 3 (75) | 3 (75) | 4 (100) | 3 (75) | |
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| Group B streptococci spp. | S | 5 (100) | — | 5 (100) | 1 (20) | 5 (100) | 2 (40) | 4 (80) |
| R | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (80) | 0 (0) | 3 (60) | 1 (20) | ||
E = erythromycin, SXT = sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, FOX = cefoxitin, P = penicillin.