Bacterial Isolates and Their Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Wound Infections among Inpatients and Outpatients Attending the University of Gondar Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 6
Comparison of antimicrobial resistant patterns of Gram-positive isolates among inpatients and outpatients attending the University of Gondar Referral Hospital from March to May, 2014.
Antimicrobials
Pattern
Bacterial isolates
value
Inpatient ()
Outpatients ()
Vancomycin
S
35 (97.2)
23 (100)
0.65
0.42
R
1 (2.8)
0 (0)
Oxacillin
S
5 (13.9)
10 (43.5)
6.48
0.01
R
31 (86.1)
13 (56.5)
Penicillin
S
2 (18.2)
9 (39.1)
10.4
0.001
R
34 (70.8)
14 (60.8)
Cloxacillin
S
17 (47.2)
19 (82.6)
7.3
0.007
R
19 (52.8)
4 (17.4)
Erythromycin
S
9 (25)
17 (73.9)
13.6
0.00
R
27 (75)
6 (26)
Tetracycline
S
11 (30.6)
13 (56.5)
3.9
0.048
R
25 (69.4)
10 (43.5)
Chloramphenicol
S
21 (48.8)
22 (51.2)
9.8
0.002
R
15 (41.7)
1 (6.2)
Ceftriaxone
S
21 (58.3)
22 (95.6)
9.8
0.002
R
15 (41.6)
1 (4.3)
Ampicillin
S
2 (5.6)
6 (26.1)
5.0
0.025
R
34 (94.4)
17 (73.9)
Amoxicillin
S
3 (8.3)
7 (30.4)
4.8
0.027
R
33 (91.7)
16 (69.6)
Gentamycin
S
25 (69.4)
22 (95.6)
5.9
0.015
R
11 (30.6)
1 (4.4)
Ciprofloxacin
S
24 (66.7)
23 (100)
9.6
0.002
R
12 (33.3)
0 (0)
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
S
13 (36.1)
23 (100)
24
0.00
R
23 (63.9)
0 (0)
S = sensitive, R = resistance, and = number of isolates.
