Table 3.

Sensitivity pattern of bacteria isolated from SCD children with bacteraemia to some antibiotics.

Name of organisms	No. of isolates	No. of isolates susceptible to different antibiotics (% susceptibility)
		AMP	AMC	CIP	GEN	CRO	CXM	SXT
Escherichia coli	3	2 (66.67)	2 (66.67)	2 (66.67)	0	0	2 (66.67)	1 (33.33)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	2	1 (50)	1 (50)	1 (50)	1 (50)	1 (50)	0	1 (50)
Providentia spp	1	0	0	0	1 (100)	1 (100)	0	1 (100)
Pantoe specie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Klebsiella pneumoniae	2	0	1 (50)	2 (100)	0	0	0	1 (50)
K. oxytoca	1	1 (100)	0	1 (100)	1 (100)	0	0	0
Salmonella typhi	27	10 (37.04)	18 (66.67)	25 (92.59)	21 (77.78)	17 (62.96)	21 (77.78)	6 (22.22)
S. typhi Group B	9	2 (22.22)	1 (11.11)	9 (100)	2 (22.22)	5 (55.56)	6 (66.67)	1 (11.11)
Staphylococcus aureus	4	1 (25)	1 (25)	4 (100)	3 (75)	0	3 (75)	1 (25)
Streptococcus pneumoniae	10	5 (50)	9 (90)	9 (90)	6 (60)	5 (50)	9 (90)	0
Streptococcus specie	2	2 (100)	2 (100)	1 (50)	0	0	2 (100)	1 (50)
Proteus mirabilis	1	0	1 (100)	1 (100)	1 (100)	0	0	1 (100)
Haemophilus influenzae	2	1 (50)	2 (100)	2 (100)	1 (50)	0	1 (50)	1 (50)
Salmonella specie	2	0	0	2 (100)	1 (50)	1 (50)	1 (50)	0
Salmonella paratyphi A	1	0	1 (100)	0	0	0	0	0

AMP=Ampicillin, AMC=Amoxillin, CIP=Ciprofloxacin, GEN=Gentamicin, CRO=Cefuroxime, CXM=Ceftriazone, SXT=Co-trimoxazole.