Table 5.

Multidrug resistance exhibited by isolates

	Tamale Central Hospital		Tamale Teaching Hospital
Isolates	No. of isolates	MDR (%)	No. of isolates	MDR (%)
S. aureus	23	23(100.0)	11	11(100.0)
CONS	27	22(81.5)	13	8(61.5)
Streptococcus sp.	3	2(66.7)	1	1(100.0)
E. coli	11	11(100.0)	1	1(100.0)
Klebsiella sp.	4	4(100.0)	2	2(100.0)
Enterobacter sp.	7	7(100.0)	2	2(100.0)
Serratia	2	2(100.0)	2	1(50.0)
Pseudomonas sp.	1	1(100.0)	0	0
Total	78	72(92.3)	32	26(81.3)
Gram positives	53	47 (88.7)	25	20(80)
Gram negatives	25	25 (100.0)	7	6(85.7)