Table 5.
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of a Gram-Positive Bacterial Isolate from Sterile Body Fluid Samples at Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia, 2021
| Antimicrobial Classes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 10 | Penicillins | Cephalosporin | Macrolides | Fluoroquinolones | Sulfonamides | Glycopeptides | Aminoglycosides | Lincosamides | ||||
| Isolates (N) | Pattern | P | AMP | AXC | FOX | CRO | ERY | CPR | SXT | VA | GN | CLN |
| S. aureus (n = 4) | S | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | NA | – | 3 |
| I | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | ||
| R | 4 | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | 2 | – | ||
| Enterococcus spp. (n = 4) | S | – | – | – | NA | – | – | – | – | – | NA | – |
| I | – | 1 | 2 | NA | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | NA | 1 | |
| R | 4 | 3 | 2 | NA | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | NA | 3 | |
| S. epidermidis (n = 1) | S | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | NA | – | 1 |
| I | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | NA | – | – | |
| R | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | NA | 1 | – | |
| S. agalactiae (n = 1) | S | 1 | 1 | 1 | NA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| I | – | – | – | NA | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| R | – | – | – | NA | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Total (n = 10, %) | S | 1(10 | 2(20) | 5(50) | 1 (10) | 2(20 | 2(20 | 4(40) | 5(50) | – | – | 4(40) |
| I | 1(10 | 2(20) | 2(20) | – | – | 2(20 | 1(10) | 1(10) | 1(20 | 2(33) | 3(30) | |
| R | 8(80 | 6(60) | 2(20) | 4(90) | 8(80 | 6(60 | 5(50) | 4(40) | 4(80 | 4(67) | 3(30) | |
Abbreviations: NA, not applicable; AMP, ampicillin; SXT, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; CRO, ceftriaxone; AMC, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid GN, gentamicin; VA, vancomycin; P, penicillin; CPR, ciprofloxacin; FOX, cefoxitin; ERY, erythromycin; CLN, clindamycin; S, sensitive; I, intermediate; R, resistant.