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Table 3 Antimicrobial resistance patterns of Gram positive bacterial isolates (n = 119) from pus swab taken from discharging ears of study participants, at Bahir Dar Regional Health Research Laboratory Center, 2015

From: Pathogenic bacteria profile and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of ear infection at Bahir Dar Regional Health Research Laboratory Center, Ethiopia

Bacterial isolates

Resistance pattern of antimicrobial agents (R  %)

 

#T

DA

OXA

TE

SXT

CAF

CIP

ERY

PEN

S. aureus

78

7.9

34.6

42.6

23.1

6.4

0.0

14.1

65.4

CoNS

34

2.9

5.9

17.6

5.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

11.8

S. pneumoniae

7

ND

ND

11.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

11.8

0.0

Total

119

6.7

24.4

25.3

16.8

4.2

 

12.6

46.2

  1. Key: CoNS Coagulase negative Staphylococcus, #T total number of isolates tested against each antimicrobial agent, R % percent of isolates resistance to antimicrobial agent, ND not done, DA clindanycin, OXA oxacillin, TE tetracycline, SXT cotrimoxazole, CAF chloramphenicol, CIP ciprofloxacin, ERY erythromycin, PEN penicillin, ND not done