Table 3 Number and percentages of susceptibility of bacterial pathogen isolated from blood specimens of severely malnourished children below 60 months of age to selected antibiotics by HIV status.
Staphylococcus | Streptococcus Pneumoniae | Salmonella | Escherichia Coli | Haemophilus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antimicrobials | Aureus n/total (%) | CoN† n/total (%) | n/total (%) | Typhi n/total (%) | Enteriditis n/total (%) | T. murium‡ n/total (%) | n/total (%) | Influenza n/total (%) |
Co-trimoxazole | 4/17 (23) | 0/3 (0) | 0/11 (0) | 1/5 (20) | 2/9 (22) | 6/21 (29) | 0/6 (0) | 0/2 (0) |
Ampicillin | 13/20 (65) | 2/5 (40) | 7/12 (58) | 1/5 (20) | 2/9 (22) | 0/21 (0) | 1/6 (17) | 0/2 (0) |
Augmentin* | 12/14 (86) | 2/3 (67) | 10/11 (91) | 3/5 (60) | 2/8 (25) | 4/21 (19) | 1/6 (17) | 1/2 (50) |
Chloramphenicol | 12/19 (63) | 3/5 (60) | 8/11 (73) | 0/5 (0) | 3/9 (33) | 6/21 (29) | 3/6 (50) | 1/2 (50) |
Cloxacillin | 3/5 (60) | 0/1 (0) | 5/8 (62) | - | - | - | - | - |
Cefuroxime | 7/14 (50) | 0/4 (0) | 4/10 (40) | 2/5 (40) | 8/9 (89) | 12/21 (57) | 4/5 (80) | 0/2 (0) |
Ceftaxidime | 9/15 (60) | 1/3 (33) | 5/6 (83) | 1/5 (20) | 0/2 (0) | 4/7 (57) | 1/4 (25) | 1/1 (100) |
Erythromycin | 8/13 (61) | 2/3 (67) | 6/6 (100) | - | - | - | - | 1/1 (100) |
Gentamicin | 15/17 (88) | 4/5 (80) | 3/7 (43) | 4/5 (80) | 9/9 (100) | 16/21 (76) | 5/6 (83) | 1/2 (50) |
Ceftriaxone | 13/19 (68) | 4/4 (100) | 8/11 (73) | 4/5 (80) | 9/9 (100) | 19/21 (91) | 5/5 (100) | 2/2 (100) |
Ciprofloxacin | 9/10 (90) | 4/5 (80) | 3/4 (75) | 5/5 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 7/7 (100) | 3/3 (100) | 1/1 (100) |