Table 3.
Overall sensitivity and resistance profile of antimicrobial agents tested for bacterial isolates from urine sample, at Bahir Dar Regional Health Research Laboratory Center, December 2014
| Antimicrobial agent | Number of antimicrobials tested | Susceptibility pattern | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sensitive, N (%) | Intermediate, N (%) | Resistant, (%) | ||
| Ampicillin | 116 | 7 (6) | 3(2.6) | 106 (91.4) |
| Tetracycline | 126 | 45 (35.7) | 7 (5.6) | 74 (58.7) |
| Ciprofloxacin | 130 | 84 (64.6) | 4 (3.1) | 42 (32.3) |
| SXT | 126 | 40 (31.7) | 2 (1.6) | 84 (66.7) |
| Gentamycin | 106 | 68 (64.2) | 2 (1.9) | 36 (34) |
| Nitrofrantoin | 64 | 27(42.2) | 9 (14.1) | 28 (43.6) |
| AUG | 77 | 13 (16.9) | 3 (3.9) | 61 (79.2) |
| Norfloxacin | 110 | 67 (60.9) | 7 (6.4) | 36 (32.7) |
| Pepracillin | 4 | 4 (100) | 0 | 0 |
| Cefoxitin | 14 | 6 (42.5) | 0 | 8 (57.5) |