Table 2.
Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of MSSA and MRSA from infected wound patients at Arba Minch Hospital, Arba Minch, South Ethiopia, May–November 2017.
| Isolate | Antimicrobial agents (no. (%)) | |||||||||
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| VA | CLN | ERY | AK | TET | CHL | CPR | COT | GEN | ||
| MSSA (n=5) | S | 5 (100) | 5 (100) | 4 (80) | 5/100 | 2 (30) | 3 (60) | 4 (80) | 4 (80) | 5 (100) |
| R | 0 | 0 | 1 (20) | 0 | 3 (60) | 2 (30) | 1 (20) | 1 (20) | 0 | |
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| MRSA (n=10) | S | 10 (100) | 9 (90) | 7 (70) | 10/100 | 2 (20) | 8 (80) | 9 (90) | 6 (60) | 9 (90) |
| R | 0 | 1 (10) | 3 (30) | 0 | 8 (80) | 2 (20) | 1 (10) | 4 (40) | 1 (10) | |
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| Total (n=15) | S | 15 (100) | 14 (93.3) | 11 (73.3) | 15/100 | 4 (26.7) | 11 (73.3) | 13 (86.7) | 10 (66.7) | 14 (93.3) |
| R | 0 | 1 (6.7) | 4 (26.7) | 0 | 11 (73.3) | 4 (26.7) | 2 (13.3) | 5 (33.3) | 1 (6.7) | |
VA = vancomycin; CLN = clindamycin; ERY = erythromycin; AK = amikacin; TET = tetracycline; CHL = chloramphenicol; CPR = ciprofloxacin; COT = co-trimoxazole; GEN = gentamicin.