Table 3 Number and proportion of pneumococcal isolates from children aged <5 years in Kibera and Lwak, 2009, that are susceptible, intermediate, and resistant by antibiotic (N = 657)

Penicillin^a

≤0.06

0.12–1

500 (79.0)

≥2

15 (2.4)

Chloramphenicol^b

≤4

n/a

n/a

≥8

12 (1.9)

Levofloxacin^b

≤2

4

0

≥8

0

Erythromycin^a

≤0.25

0.5

1 (0.2)

≥1

7 (1.1)

Ceftriaxone^a

≤1

2

0

≥4

0

Tetracycline^a

≤2

4

15 (2.4)

≥8

107 (16.9)

Cotrimoxazole^c

≤0.5/9.5

1/19–2/38

58 (9.2)

≥4/76

561 (88.9)

Clindamycin^a

≤0.25

0.5

0

≥1

1 (0.2)