Table 8.
Antimicrobial resistance patterns of Gram-negative isolates from blood samples of neonates admitted with suspected sepsis at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana, between January 2021 and December 2021.
| Medicines | Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Klebsiella spp.* (n = 1) |
Escherichia coli (n = 1) |
Coliforms (n = 4) |
Pseudomonas spp. (n = 3) |
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| N | R | N | R | N | R | N | R | |
| Ampicillin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Gentamicin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Amikacin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Cefuroxime | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| Ceftriaxone | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Cefotaxime | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| Ciprofloxacin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Levofloxacin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| Chloramphenicol | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
R = resistant; N = total number of isolates; * only one isolate was tested for resistance against stated medicines.