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Table 2 Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of bacterial isolates from blood culture of febrile patients at Mekelle hospital, Northern Ethiopia (March–October 2014) no. (%)

From: Bacteriological profile and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of blood culture isolates among febrile patients in Mekelle Hospital, Northern Ethiopia

Organism

Bacterial isolates resistant to each drug tested (%)

AMC

CRO

CN

DO

CIP

SXT

E

OX

NOR

F

S. aureus

7 (13)

31 (57.4)

18 (33.3)

29 (53.7)

21 (38.9)

36 (66.7)

24 (44.4)

38 (70.4)

18 (33.3)

NA

CoNS

5 (11.4)

22 (50)

8 (18.1)

27 (61.4)

11 (25)

36 (81.8)

18 (40.9)

27 (61.4)

13 (29.5)

NA

S. pyogenes

1 (16.7)

1 (16.7)

0

4 (66.7)

1 (16.7)

5 (83.3)

1 (16.7)

0

1 (16.7)

NA

E. coli

1 (6.7)

9 (60)

2 (13.3)

6 (40)

1 (6.7)

10 (6.7)

NA

NA

9 (60)

4 (26.7)

Citrobacter spp.

2 (25)

4 (50)

2 (25)

4 (50)

1 (12.5)

3 (37.5)

NA

NA

6 (75)

1 (12.5)

Acinetobacter spp.

1 (20)

4 (80)

0

2 (40)

0

3 (60)

NA

NA

2 (40)

0

S. typhi

0

3 (37.5)

2 (25)

4 (50)

1 (12.5)

4 (50)

NA

NA

6 (75)

2 (25)

S. paratyphi

0

1 (50)

1 (50)

1 (50)

1 (50)

1 (50)

NA

NA

1

1 (50)

Klebsiella spp.

0

0

0

0

0

0

NA

NA

1 (100)

1 (100)

P. mirabilis

0

0

0

0

0

0

NA

NA

0

1 (100)

P. aeruginosa

0

0

1 (100)

1 (100)

0

0

NA

NA

0

0

Total

17 (11.8)

75 (52)

34 (23.6)

78 (54.2)

37 (25.7)

89 (61.8)

45 (31.3)

65 (62.5)

56 (38.9)

10 (22.2)

  1. AMC amoxicillin clavulanic acid, CRO ceftriaxone, CN gentamicin, DO doxycycline, CIP ciprofloxacin, SXT trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole, E erythromycin, OX oxacillin, NOR norfloxacin, F Nitrofurantonin, NA not applicable.