Table 3 Antimicrobial sensitivity pattern of Staphylococcus aureus and Coliforms, the commonest bacterial isolates of children with septicaemia in Calabar Nigeria
From: Bacterial isolates from blood cultures of children with suspected septicaemia in Calabar, Nigeria
Types of organism | % of isolates susceptible to antimicrobial agents* | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | C | E | Se | Ge | CFT | CFZ | CEX | Z | |
Staphylococcus aureus | 4.4 | 57.6 | 90.1 | 28.5 | 86.6 | 66.9 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
(136) | (159) | (182) | (123) | (179) | (115) | (30) | (65) | (19) | |
Coliforms | 11.4 | 34.1 | - | 23.6 | 61.6 | 78.8 | 83.3 | 76.5 | 92.9 |
(44) | (91) | - | (72) | (86) | (66) | (18) | (34) | (14) | |