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Table 2 Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of enterococcal isolates investigated

From: Species, antibiotic susceptibility profiles and van gene frequencies among enterococci isolated from patients at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda

Drug

E. faecalis, n = 72

E. faecium, n = 05

Others, n = 38

R (%)

I (%)

S (%)

R (%)

I (%)

S (%)

R (%)

I (%)

S (%)

Erythromycin

54 (72)

07 (9.7)

11 (15.3)

04 (80)

0

01 (20)

07 (18.4)

04 (10.5)

11 (28.9)

Tetracycline

50 (69.4)

0

22 (30.6)

03 (60)

0

02 (40)

05 (13.2)

0

33 (86.8)

Ciprofloxacin

07 (9.7)

06 (8.3)

59 (81.9)

03 (60)

01 (20)

01 (20)

x

x

x

Moxifloxacin

01 (0.14)

0

71 (98.6)

0

0

05 (100)

04 (10.5)

04 (10.5)

30 (78.9)

Ampicillin

01 (1.4)

0

71 (98.6)

0

0

05 (100)

02 (5.3)

0

36 (94.7)

Gentamicin-Syn

02 (2.8)

0

72 (100)

0

0

05 (100)

01 (2.6)

0

01 (2.6)

Nitrofurantoin

0

0

72 (100)

01 (20)

01 (20)

03 (60)

01 (2.6)

03 (7.9)

34 (89.5)

Vancomycin

0

0

72 (100)

0

0

05 (100)

20 (52.6)

0

18 (47.4)

Teicoplanin

0

0

72 (100)

0

0

05 (100)

03 (7.9)

0

35 (92.1)

Linezolid

0

0

72 (100)

0

0

05 (100)

01 (2.6)

04 (10.5)

34 (89.5)

Daptomycin

0

0

64 (88.9)

0

0

01 (20)

0

0

07 (18.4)

MDR

 

NA

NA

 

NA

NA

 

NA

NA

vanA

06 (15.8)

vanB

03 (7.9)

  1. S Susceptible, I Intermediate, R Resistant; −,Negative; x –MICs for these species (see “others”) are not reported by the Phoenix system
  2. MDR, multidrug resistant (isolate resistant to three or more antibiotic classes)
  3. “Others” denotes E. casseliflavus/gallinarum, E. raffinosus, E. hirae, E. durans, and the 10 isolates that were not identified to species level