Table 7.
Antimicrobial resistance patterns of Gram-positive isolates among neonates admitted with suspected sepsis at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana, between January 2021 and December 2021.
| Medicines | Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Staphylococcus aureus (n = 22) |
CoNS (n = 34) |
Streptococcus spp. (n = 1) |
Enterococcus spp. (n = 3) |
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| N | R | (%) † | N | R | (%) † | N | R | N | R | |
| Penicillin | 6 | 6 | (100) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cloxacillin | 2 | 2 | (100) | 3 | 3 | (100) | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Gentamicin | 18 | 8 | (44.4) | 31 | 13 | (41.9) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 14 | 2 | (14.3) | 32 | 9 | (28.1) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Linezolid | 2 | 1 | (50) | 3 | 0 | (0) | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Tetracycline | 1 | 1 | (100) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
CoNS = coagulase-negative Staphylococcus; R = resistant; N = total number of isolates; † row percentages.