Table 1.
Antimicrobial resistance pattern of airborne bacterial pathogens of nosocomial importance in WSUTRH, November–March 2015
| Resistance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gram positive | Gram negative | |||||
| Antibiotics | CoNS (72) | S. aureus (64) | Entrococci spp. (40) | Acinetobacter spp. (23) | E. coli (14) | P. aeruginosa (13) |
| AMP | ND | ND | 28 (70) | ND | 10 (71.4) | ND |
| AMK | ND | ND | 11 (27.5) | 16 (69.6) | 2 (15.4) | 6 (46.2) |
| AMX-CLA | ND | ND | ND | ND | 5 (35.7) | ND |
| AZT | 20 (27.8) | 17 (26.6) | 13 (32.5) | ND | ND | ND |
| CAF | 49 (68.1) | 56 (87.5) | 25 (62.5) | ND | ND | ND |
| CF | 24 (32.8) | 28 (38.9) | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| CFZ | ND | ND | ND | 15 (65.2) | ND | 3 (23.1) |
| CIP | 23 (31.9) | 25(39.1) | 23 (57.5) | 19 (82.6) | 7 (50) | 8 (61.5) |
| CN | 35 (48.6) | 21 (32.8) | 12 (30) | 18 (78.2) | 2 (15.4) | 8 (61.5) |
| CRO | ND | ND | 14 (35) | 18 (78.2) | 5 (35.6) | 8 (61.5) |
| CPH | ND | ND | 27 (67.5) | ND | ND | ND |
| DA | 12 (16.7) | 16 (25) | 16 (40) | ND | ND | ND |
| DOX | ND | ND | ND | 20 (87) | 10 (71.4) | ND |
| ERT | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| IMP | ND | ND | ND | ND | 7 (50) | 5 (38.5) |
| NOR | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 9 (69.2) |
| PEN | ND | ND | 30 (75) | ND | ND | ND |
| TMP-SXT | 48 (66.7) | 35 (54.7) | 31 (77.5) | 19 (82.6) | 5 (35.7) | 9 (69.2) |
| VAN | ND | ND | 3 (7.5) | ND | ND | ND |
Amk amikacin, Amp ampicillin, Amx amoxicillin, Amo-cla amoxicillin-clavulinic acid, CF cefoxitin, Cro ceftriaxone, CFZ ceftazidime, Cph cephalothin, Caf chloramphenicol, Cip ciprofloxacin, DA clindamycin, DOX doxycycline, Ert erythromycin, Cn gentamicine, IMP imipenem, Nor norfloxacin, PEN penicillin, Tmp-Sxt trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, VAN vancomycin, ND not done