Table 3.
Susceptibility profile of isolates recovered from pregnant women with asymptomatic bacteriuria
| Tamale Central Hospital | Tamale Teaching Hospital | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 53 | N = 25 | N = 25 | N = 7 | |||||||||
| Gram Positive | Gram Negative | Gram Positive | Gram Negative | |||||||||
| Antibiotic | S | I | R | S | I | R | S | I | R | S | I | R |
| Ciprofloxacin | 41 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Cotrimoxazole | 27 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Gentamicin | 42 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Amikacin | 44 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Ampicillin | 5 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Amoxicillin/clav. | 31 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Chloramphenicol | 30 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Nitrofurantoin | 24 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Ceftriaxone | 13 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Erythromycin | 14 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Tetracycline | 31 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Norfloxacin | 34 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Cefoxitin | 34 | 8 | 11 | NT | 12 | 2 | 11 | NT | ||||
| Clindamycin | 21 | 4 | 28 | NT | 9 | 2 | 14 | NT | ||||
| Vancomycin | 30 | 1 | 22 | NT | 12 | 0 | 13 | NT | ||||
| Imipenem | NT | 23 | 0 | 2 | NT | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
NT Not tested, Cotrimoxazole- SXT, S sensitive, I intermediate, R resistant