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. 2021 Apr 22;14:1623–1633. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S299776

Table 3.

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of 37 Bacterial Isolates Among 300 Participants Living with HIV Attending CTC Clinic at KCMC from July to September 2020

Isolated Bacteria Gen Pip Ceft Amoxc Amik Clin Nitr Chlor Vanc TX Cipro Cefo Pen Ery
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Gram negative (n = 12)
E. coli (n=6) NA NA NA NA NA
  Sensitive 2 (50) 5 (100) 6 (100.0) 1 (100) 3 (100 4 (66.7) 4 (66.7)
  Resistant 2 (50) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 2 (33.3) 2 (33.3)
Citrobacter spp. (n=4) NA NA NA NA
  Sensitive 4 (100.0) 1 (33.3) 4 (100.0) 4 (100.0) 3 (100) 1 (25.0) 1 (100) 1 (33.3)
  Resistant 0(0) 2 (66.7) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 3 (75.0) 2 (66.7) 2 (100)
Klebsiella (n=2) NA NA NA NA
  Sensitive 2 (100.0) 1 (50.0) 2 (100.0) 2(100) 2 (100.0)
  Resistant 0(0) 1 (50.0) 0(0) 0(0) 1 (100) 0(0) 1 (100)
Total n(%)
  S 8(80) 1(33.3) 10(90.9) 12(100) 4(100) NA 6(66.7) 1(100) NA 5(50) 6(60) NA 1(100) NA
  R 2(20) 2(66.7) 1(9.1) 0(0) 0(0) NA 3(33.3) 0(0) NA 5(50) 4(40) NA 0(0) NA
Gram positive (n = 25)
S. aureus (n=11) NA NA NA
  Sensitive 5 (100) 4 (44.4 1 (16.7) 6 (100) 6 (54.5) 3 (50) 1 (50) 2 (22.2)
  Intermediate 0(0) 0(0) 1 (16.7) 1 (9.1)
  Resistant 0(0) 5 (55.6) 4 (66.7) 1 (100) 3 (27.3) 3 (100) 3 (50) 1 (50) 4 (100) 7 (77.8)
Streptococcus spp. (n=2) NA NA NA NA NA
  Sensitive 1 (100) 1 (50.0) 1 (100)
  Intermediate 1 (100)
  Resistant 1 (50.0)
Enterococcus spp. (n=12) NA
  Sensitive 3 (42.9) 4 (66.7) 1 (100) 9 (81.8) 4 (100) 9 (75.0) 1 (8.3) 6 (54.5) 3 (30)
  Intermediate 1 (14.3 1 (100) 1 (9.1) 1 (8.3) 2 (20)
  Resistant 3 (42.9) 2 (33.3) 1 (100) 1 (9.1) 2 (16.7) 2 (16.7) 11 (91.7) 1 (100) 5 (45.5) 5 (50)
Total n(%) NA
  S 9(69.2) 8(53.3) 1(100) 1(14.3) 15(88.) 4(80) 15(68.2) 1(14.3) 4(22.2) 1(33.3) 6(37.5) 6(30)
  I 1(7.7) 0(0) 0(0) 1(14.3) 1(5.9) 0(0) 2(9.1) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 1(6.3) 2(10)
  R 3(23.1) 7(46.7) 0(0) 5(71.4) 1(5.9) 1(20) 5(22.7) 6(85.7) 14(77.8) 2(66.7) 9(56.2) 12(60)

Abbreviations: Gen, gentamycin; Pip, piperacillin; Ceft, ceftriaxone; amoxc, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid; amik, amikacin; clind, clindamycin; Nitr, nitrofurantoin; chlor, chloramphenicol; vanc, vancomycin; TX, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; cipro, ciprofloxacin; cefo, cefotaxime; pen, penicillin; ery, erythromycin.