Bacterial Isolates and Their Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Wound Infections among Inpatients and Outpatients Attending the University of Gondar Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 7
Comparison of antimicrobial resistant patterns of Gram-negative isolates among inpatients and outpatients attending the University of Gondar Referral Hospital from March to May, 2014.
Antimicrobials
Pattern
Bacterial isolates
value
Inpatient ()
Outpatients ()
Tetracycline
S
13 (21.3)
8 (50)
5.2
0.02
R
48 (78.7)
8 (50)
Chloramphenicol
S
25 (41)
10 (62.5)
2.3
0.12
R
36 (59)
6 (37.5)
Ceftriaxone
S
28 (45.9)
15 (93.8)
11.7
0.000
R
33 (54.1)
1 (6.2)
Ampicillin
S
1 (1.6)
2 (12.5)
3.9
0.04
R
60 (98.4)
14 (87.5)
Amoxicillin
S
2 (3.3)
0 (0)
0.5
0.4
R
59 (96.7)
16 (100)
Gentamycin
S
28 (45.9)
13 (31.7)
6.3
0.012
R
33 (54.1)
3 (18.7)
Ciprofloxacin
S
36 (59)
13 (81.2)
2.7
0.1
R
25 (41)
3 (18.8)
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
S
15 (24.6)
11 (68.8)
11
0.001
R
46 (75.4)
5 (31.2)
S = sensitive, R = resistance, and = number of isolates.
