Table 6.
Antibiotic susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from children <5 years of age.
| Characteristics | Categories | Inpatientsa Nc = 26 |
Outpatientsb N = 20 |
Total N = 46 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nd | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Antibiotics susceptibility test performed | Yes | 26 | 100 | 20 | 100 | 46 | 100 |
| Multidrug resistance | Yes | 16 | 61.5 | 13 | 65.0 | 29 | 63.0 |
| No | 10 | 38.5 | 7 | 35.0 | 17 | 37.0 | |
| Penicillin | Intermediate | 10 | 38.5 | 4 | 20.0 | 14 | 30.4 |
| Resistant | 10 | 38.5 | 8 | 40.0 | 18 | 39.1 | |
| Azithromycin | Intermediate | 2 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.3 |
| Resistant | 10 | 38.5 | 6 | 30.0 | 16 | 34.8 | |
| Amoxicillin/clavulanate | Intermediate | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 15.0 | 3 | 6.5 |
| Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole | Intermediate | 9 | 34.6 | 11 | 55.0 | 20 | 43.5 |
| Resistant | 16 | 61.5 | 9 | 45.0 | 25 | 54.3 | |
| Chloramphenicol | Resistant | 6 | 23.1 | 8 | 40.0 | 14 | 30.4 |
| Cefaclor | Intermediate | 1 | 3.8 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 4.3 |
| Resistant | 15 | 57.7 | 9 | 45.0 | 24 | 52.2 | |
| Cefuroxime | Intermediate | 3 | 11.5 | 2 | 10.0 | 5 | 10.9 |
| Resistant | 13 | 50.0 | 8 | 40.0 | 21 | 45.7 | |
a
Hospitalized patients with at least one overnight stay in hospital before diagnosis.
b
Outpatients and patients brought to emergency room.
c
Total number of episodes.
d
Number (percentage) of episodes in the specified category.