Table 3.
Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Gram-positive bacteria isolated from asymptomatic primary school children at Debre Berhan town, North Shewa Ethiopia, February 1 to April 30, 2021
| Gram negative bacterial isolates | Antimicrobials tested | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZM N (%) | SXT N (%) | CLM N (%) | DOX N (%) | E N (%) | GM N (%) | CD N (%) | NIT N (%) | C N (%) | TET N (%) | FOX N (%) | ||
| S. aureus (73) | S | 45 (61.6) | 18 (24.7) | 41 (56.2) | 8 (11) | 39 (53.4) | 37 (50.7) | 48 (65.8) | 26 (31.8) | 28 (38.4) | 8 (11) | 15 (20.5) |
| R | 28 (39.4) | 55 (55.3) | 32 (43.8) | 65 (89) | 34 (46.6) | 36 (49.3) | 25 (34.2) | 49 (67.2) | 45 (61.2) | 65 (89) | 58 (79.5) | |
| CoNS (20) | S | 12 (60) | 6 (30) | 13 (65) | 5 (25) | 11 (55) | 13 (65) | 11 (55) | 5 (75) | 5 (75) | 2 (10) | – |
| R | 8 (40) | 14 (70) | 7 (35) | 15 (75) | 9 (45) | 7 (35) | 9 (45) | 15 (75) | 15 (75) | 18 (90) | – | |
| S. pyogens (10) | S | 9 (900) | – | 6 (60) | – | 6 (66.7) | – | 9 (90) | – | 5 (66.7) | 6 (60) | – |
| R | 1 (10.0) | – | 4 (40) | – | 4 (33.3) | – | 1 (10.) | – | 5 (33.3) | 4 (40) | – | |
| Total (103) | S | 66 (64.1) | 24 (40.4) | 60 (57.3) | 30 (31.9) | 56 (51.5) | 50 (53.2) | 68 (65) | 31 (33) | 33 (32) | 17 (15.5) | 15 (20.5) |
| R | 38 (35.9) | 69 (74.2) | 44 (42.7) | 80 (86) | 50 (48.5) | 44 (46.8) | 36 (35) | 63 (67) | 70 (68) | 87 (84.5) | 58 (79.5) | |
AZM azithromycin, CIP ciprofloxacin, CRO ceftriaxone, GM gentamicin, SXT trimethoprim-Sulphamethoxazole, CLM clarithromycin, AMP ampicillin, DOX doxycycline, E erythromycin, C chloramphenicol, TET tetracycline, FOX cefoxitin, NIT nitrofurantoin, CD clindamycin