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Table 5 Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of gram-positive bacterial isolates from lower respiratory tract infection at HUCSH, 2019

From: Bacterial profile and drug susceptibility among adult patients with community acquired lower respiratory tract infection at tertiary hospital, Southern Ethiopia

Isolates

Pattern

Antibiotics (%)

CXT

TAT

AMP

CPR

COT

CLD

ERY

GN

PEN

CEF

CAF

S. aureus (N = 21)

S

19 (90.6)

3 (14.3)

 

15 (71.4)

9 (42.9)

14 (66.7)

10 (47.6)

16 (76.2)

9 (45.0)

  

I

1 (4.7)

5 (23.8)

NR

1 (4.8)

2 (9.5)

0

0

3 (14.3)

2 (10.0)

NR

NR

R

1 (4.7)

13 (61.9)

 

5 (23.8)

10 (47.6)

7 (33.3)

11 (52.4)

2 (9.5)

9 (45.0)

  

S. pneumoniae (N = 9)

S

 

2 (22.2)

   

8 (88.9)

6 (66.7)

NR

7 (77.8)

  

I

NR

1 (11.1)

NR

NR

NR

0

2 (22.2)

 

0

NR

NR

R

 

6 (66.7)

   

1 (11.1)

1 (11.1)

 

2 (22.2)

  

S. pyogene (N = 3)

S

 

3 (100)

3 (100)

  

3 (100)

3 (100)

NR

3 (100)

2 (66.7)

 

I

NR

0

0

NR

NR

0

0

 

0

0

NR

R

 

0

0

  

0

0

 

0

1 (33.3)

 

Enterococcus spp (N = 1)

S

NR

0

NR

1 (100)

0

1 (100)

0

   

0

I

 

0

 

0

0

0

0

NR

NR

NR

0

R

 

1 (100)

 

0

1 (100)

0

1 (100)

   

1 (100)

Total (34)

S

19 (90.6)

8 (23.5)

3 (100)

16 (72.0)

9 (40.0)

26 (76.5)

19 (55.9)

16 (76.2)

19 (57.6)

3 (100)

0

I

1 (4.7)

6 (17.6)

0

1 (4.5)

2 (10.0)

0

1 (2.9)

3 (14.3)

2 (6.0)

0

0

R

1 (4.7)

20 (58.8)

0

5 (22.7)

11 (50.0)

8 (23.5)

14 (41.2)

2 (9.5)

11 (33.3)

0

1 (100)

  1. NR Not recommended, CXT Cefoxitin, AMP Ampicillin, CEF Cefepime, TAT Tetracycline, CPR Ciprofloxacin, COT Cotrimoxazole, ERY Erythromycin, PEN Penicillin, CAF Chloramphenicol, CLD Clindamycin, GN Gentamycin, S Sensitivity, I Intermediate, R Resistance