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Table 2 Proportion susceptible to antibiotics among NTS and S. pneumoniae isolates

From: Systemic bacteraemia in children presenting with clinical pneumonia and the impact of non-typhoid salmonella (NTS)

 

NTS* (N = 128)

S. pneumoniae*(N = 20)

 

% susceptible

n tested

% susceptible

n tested

Amoxycillin/Ampicillin

15.5%

123

80.0%

20

Amoxyclav

25.7%

113

88.9%

18

Cefuroxime

46.5%

127

100%

6

Ceftriaxone

100%

108

100%

14

Co-trimoxazole

23.5%

98

0%

17

Ciprofloxacin

100%

127

52.6%

19

Gentamicin

70.9%

127

22.2%

18

Tetracyclin

89.0%

91

25.0%

16

Chloramphenicol

18.1%

127

88.9%

18

  1. *Blood cultures from children aged 2 months to 5 years of age. Agogo Presbyterian Hospital 09/2007-07/2009