Table 4 Antimicrobial susceptibility of 309 pneumococcal isolates obtained from nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs collected from 375 parents of children under 5Â years of age in Western Kenya, by antiobiotic.
Antibiotic | Susceptible | Intermediate | Resistant | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Break-point a | N (%) | Break-point | N (%) | Break-point | N (%) |
Penicillin | ≤0.06 | 60 (19.4) | 0.12-1 | 249 (78.6) | ≥2 | 6 (1.9) |
Chloramphenicol | ≤4 | 305 (98.7) | n/a | n/a | ≥8 | 4 (1.3) |
Levofloxacin | ≤2 | 312 (100) | 4 | 0 | ≥8 | 0 |
Erythromycin | ≤0.25 | 305 (98.7) | 0.5 | 1 (0.3) | ≥1 | 3 (1.0) |
Ceftriaxone | ≤1 | 309 (100) | 2 | 0 | ≥4 | 0 |
Tetracycline | ≤2 | 232 (75.3) | 4 | 12 (3.9) | ≥8 | 64 (20.8) |
Cotrimoxazole | ≤0.5/9.5 | 3 (1.0) | 1/19–2/38 | 13 (4.2) | ≥4/76 | 291 (94.8) |
Clindamycin | ≤0.25 | 308 (99.7) | 0.5 | 0 | ≥1 | 1(0.3) |