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

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Table 4 Antimicrobial resistance profiles of bacterial isolates (n = 170) from pus swab samples taken from discharging ears study participants at Bahir Dar Regional Health Research Laboratory Center, 2015

Bacterial isolates		Resistance pattern of antimicrobial agents (R %)
	#T	AMC	AMP	CIP	CRO	CAF	SXT	GEN	AK	PEP	CAZ
P. aeruginosa	88	89.0	90.9	8	23.0	6.8	0.0	10.2	4.5	10.2	31.8
Proteus spp.	65	66.0	87.8	4.6	27.7	0.0	0.0	23.1	0.0	12.3	21.5
E. coli	7	71.4	85.7	14.3	28.6	0.0	0.0	28.6	0.0	0.0	14
K. pneumoniae	10	89.9	100.0	1	20	10	10	20	0.0	10	20
Total	170	79	90	12	24.7	4.1	0.6	16.5	2.4	10.6	26.5

Key: #T number of isolates tested against each antimicrobial agent, R % percent of isolates resistance to antimicrobial agent, AMP ampecillin, AMC amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, CRO ceftriaxone, AK amikacin, GEN gentamycin, CAZ ceftazidime, PEP peperacillin