Table 3 Multiple drug resistance patterns of gram positive and gram negative bacteria in blood of febrile patients attending Mekelle hospital, Northern Ethiopia, (March–October 2014)
Organisms | Antibiogram pattern no. (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R0 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | |
S. aureus (n = 54) | 4 (7.4) | 10 (18.5) | 5 (9.3) | 6 (11.1) | 6 (11.1) | 5 (9.3) | 8 (14.8) | 5 (9.3) | 4 (7.4) |
CoNS (n = 44) | 4 (9.1) | 4 (9.1) | 9 (20.5) | 9 (20.5) | 6 (13.6) | 3 (6.8) | 4 (9.1) | 4 (9.1) | 1 (2.3) |
S. pyogenes (n = 6) | – | 1 (16.7) | 2 (33.3) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (16.7) | – | – | – |
E. coli (n = 15) | – | 5 (.3) | 2 (13.3) | 3 (20) | 4 (26.7) | – | 1 (6.7) | – | – |
Citrobacter spp. (n = 8) | – | 2 (.25) | 1 (12.5) | 2 (.25) | 3 (37.5) | – | – | – | – |
S. typhi (n = 8) | – | 2 (.25) | 1 (12.5) | 2 (.25) | 1 (12.5) | – | 1 (12.5) | – | – |
Acinetobacter spp. (n = 5) | 1 (20) | – | 2 (40) | – | 2 (20) | – | – | – | – |
S. paratyphi (n = 2) | – | – | 1 (50) | – | – | – | 1 (50) | – | – |
P. mirabilis (n = 1) | – | 1 (100) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Klebssiels spp. (n = 1) | – | – | 1 (100) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
P. aeruginosa (n = 1) | – | – | – | 1 (100) | – | – | – | – | – |
Total (144) | 9 (6.25) | 25 (17.4) | 24 (16.7) | 24 (16.7) | 23 (16) | 9 (6.25) | 15 (10.4) | 9 (6.25) | 5 (3.5) |