Table 3 Antimicrobial resistance pattern of bacterial isolates from ear discharge samples of study participants at Ayder referral hospital, North Ethiopia (November 2014–June 2015)
Bacterial isolates | Resistance pattern of antimicrobial agents (R %) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AMC | CRO | CN | DO | CIP | SXT | NOR | E | AML | T | P | F | |
S. aureus (n = 46) | 28 (60.9) | 31 (67.4) | 19 (41.3) | 29 (63) | 10 (21) | 31 (67.4) | 20 (43.5) | 18 (39) | 46 (100) | 46 (100) | 46 (100) | NA |
CoNS (n = 17) | 13 (76.5) | 4 (23.5) | 6 (35.3) | 11 (64.7) | 9 (52.9) | 17 (100) | 6 (35.3) | 10 (59) | 17 (100) | 15 (88) | 13 (76.5) | NA |
S. pneumoniae (n = 15) | 14 (93) | 9 (60) | 3 (20) | 14 (93) | 3 (20) | 12 (80) | 12 (80) | 7 (47) | 13 (86.7) | 15 (100) | 14 (93) | NA |
S. Pyrogenes (n = 16) | 10 (62.5) | 9 (56.3) | 4 (25) | 6 (40) | 3 (20) | 14 (87.5) | 4 (25) | 4 (25) | 13 (81.3) | 12 (75) | 11 (68.8) | NA |
P. mirabilis (n = 39) | 26 (66.7) | 14 (35.9) | 7 (17.9) | 25 (64) | – (0) | 25 (64) | (0) | NA | 25 (64) | 26 (66.7) | 26 (66.7) | 26 (66.7) |
P. aeruginosa (n = 27) | 24 (88.9) | 17 (62.3) | 17 (62.3) | 25 (93.6) | 10 (37) | 19 (70.4) | 17 (62.3) | NA | 27 (100) | 27 (100) | 26 (96.3) | 27 (100) |
Klebsiella spp. (n = 18) | 13 (72.2) | 8 (44.4) | 7 (38.9) | 11 (61.1) | 2 (11) | 14 (77.8) | 9 (50) | NA | 16 (88.9) | 16 (88.9) | 17 (94.4) | 10 (55.6) |
E. colin (n = 6) | 3 (50) | 4 (66.7) | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) | 4 (66.7) | 1 (16.7) | NA | 5 (83.3) | 3 (50) | 2 (33.3) | 5 (83.3) |
H. influenzae (n = 16) | 9 (53.6) | 5 (31.3) | 3 (18.8) | 8 (50) | 2 (12.5) | 9 (53.6) | 4 (25) | NA | 11 (68.8) | 9 (53.6) | 13 (81.3) | 12 (68.8) |
Providentiae spp. (n = 8) | 6 (75) | 3 (37.5) | 3 (37.5) | 7 (87.5) | 0 | 8 (100) | 1 (12.5) | NA | 6 (75) | 8 (100) | 5 (62.5) | 4 (500) |
P. vulgaris (n = 7) | 3 (42.9) | 3 (42.9) | 0 | 1 (12.3) | 0 | 4 (57) | 0 | NA | 6 (85.7) | 5 (71.4) | 6 (85.7) | 3 (42.9) |