Table 3. Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the organisms in ET and miscellaneous causing septicemia.
R to all: resistant to all primary antibiotics; S to all: sensitive to all primary antibiotics, Piptaz: piperacillin/tazobactam; T/S: trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole; ET: endotracheal
| Site (N = 200) | Organism | Numbers (N) | R to all | Gentamycin | Amikacin | Levoflox | Tetracycline | Tobramycin | Piptaz | Polymixin | S to all | Imipenem | Meropenem | Tigecycline | T/S | Amoxycillion | Aztreonam | Cefoxitin |
| ET (N = 186) | Acinetobacter baumannii | 91 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ---- | --- | |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Escherichia coli | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Proteus mirabilis | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Sterile | 58 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Drain (N = 2) | Escherichia coli | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Placental membrane (N = 3) | Escherichia coli | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Pus (N = 7) | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sputum (N = 2) | Acinetobacter baumannii | 2 | 2 | 2 |