Clinical Study
Bacterial Isolates and Antibiotic Sensitivity among Gambian Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition
Table 4
Antibiotic sensitivity of the major blood and urine pathogens in relation to the number tested.
| ā | Organism number susceptible/number tested | ā | S. pneumoniae | E. coli | Nontyphoidal salmonellaed |
| Penicillin | 4/4 | NT | NT | Ampicillin | 4/4 | 0/13 | 4/5 | Cotrimoxazole | NT | 0/13 | 4/4 | Genticin | NT | 13/13 | 5/5 | Chloramphenicol | 4/4 | 10/13 | 5/5 | Nitrofurantoin | NT | 8/8 | NT | Ciprofloxacin | NT | 13/13 | 5/5 | Cefuroxime | NT | 13/13 | 5/5 | Cefotaxime | NT | 12/12 | 4/4 | Ceftriaxone | 1/4 | 1/1 | NT |
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