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Table 4 Distribution of antibiotics susceptibility pattern for isolated Staphylococcus aureus from septic patients in adult ICU, ACSH, 2017

From: Nosocomial sepsis and drug susceptibility pattern among patients admitted to adult intensive care unit of Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northern Ethiopia

Antibiotic

Sensitivity pattern

Staphylococcus aureus sensitivity % (isolates no)

Penicillin

R

100 (3/3)

Tetracycline

S

100 (1/1)

Doxycycline

R

33.3 (1/3)

S

66.7 (2/3)

Chloramphenicol

R

100 (1/1)

Ciprofloxacin

R

100 (1/1)

Gentamycin

R

100 (2/2)

Cotrimoxazole

R

100 (1/1)

Ceftriaxone

R

100 (2/2)

Erythromycin

R

100 (2/2)

Vancomycin

R

S

66.7 (2/3)

I

33.3 (1/3)

Methicillin

R

100 (2/2)

  1. R resistant, S susceptible, I intermediate, ACSH Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, ICU intensive care unit