Research Article
Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Bacterial Isolates from Pus Samples in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Punjab, India
Table 1
Antibiotic susceptibilities of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria isolated from pus samples at a tertiary care hospital in Punjab, India.
| Antibiotics | Antibiotic sensitivity (%) of bacterial isolates | E. coli () | Pseudomonas aeruginosa () | Klebsiella pneumoniae () | Proteus mirabilis () | Citrobacter spp. () | Acinetobacter baumannii () | Staphylococcus aureusā () | Streptococcus spp. () |
| Amikacin | 75 | 80 | 50 | 100 | 0 | 0 | nt | nt | Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 50 | Aztreonam | 19 | 40 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 0 | nt | nt | Ampicillin | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | 11 | 50 | Azithromycin | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | 23 | 100 | Cefepime | 16 | 20 | 10 | 50 | 33 | 0 | 34 | 50 | Cefoperazone/Sulbactam | 34 | 20 | 10 | 100 | 33 | 0 | nt | nt | Ceftriaxone | 30 | 20 | 10 | 50 | 33 | 0 | 67 | 100 | Cefotaxime | 21 | 0 | 20 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 100 | Cefuroxime | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 100 | Cephalexin | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | 67 | 100 | Ciprofloxacin | 21 | 60 | 40 | 100 | 67 | 0 | 11 | 100 | Clindamycin | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | 73 | 100 | Cloxacillin | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | 100 | 100 | Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole | 32 | 20 | 20 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 50 | Ertapenem | 27 | nt | 30 | 50 | 33 | 0 | nt | nt | Erythromycin | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | 28 | 100 | Gatifloxacin | 21 | 40 | 40 | 50 | 66 | 0 | nt | nt | Gentamicin | 46 | 60 | 40 | 50 | 0 | 0 | nt | nt | Imipenem | 75 | 80 | 50 | 50 | 67 | 0 | 89 | 100 | Levofloxacin | 25 | 60 | 30 | 50 | 67 | 0 | 28 | 100 | Linezolid | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | 100 | 100 | Meropenem | 68 | 80 | 40 | 50 | 67 | 0 | 84 | 100 | Netilmicin | 57 | 80 | 30 | 50 | 33 | 0 | nt | nt | Norfloxacin | 14 | 20 | 20 | 50 | 67 | 0 | nt | nt | Ofloxacin | 16 | 40 | 30 | 100 | 67 | 0 | nt | nt | Piperacillin-tazobactam | 36 | 80 | 40 | 100 | 33 | 0 | 28 | 100 | Teicoplanin | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | 78 | 100 | Tetracycline | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | 50 | 50 | Vancomycin | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | 100 | 100 |
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nt: not tested.
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