Research Article

Neonatal Septicemia in Nepal: Early-Onset versus Late-Onset

Table 3

Resistance rates of isolates recovered from early-onset cases.

Isolated organisms ()Resistance rates to different antibiotic tested
OXECDPCFXCOTGAKOFCFMCTXCAZPIPITCARAMP

S. aureus (12)33.383.35091.766.77558.32541.6
CoNS (45)15.544.431.16062.257.848.91129
Enterococcus spp. (2)01000100501005050
Viridans streptococci (1)001000000
Acinetobacter spp. (7)14.328.614.328.642.828.657.157.142.885.6
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (5)20020806020402020
Citrobacter spp. (1)000100000100
Enterobacter spp. (1)10000010010010000100
Klebsiella spp. (6)505016.716.766.75033.333.316.7100
Burkholderia spp. (2)505005010050000100

OX: oxacillin, E: erythromycin, CD: clindamycin, P: penicillin, CFX: cephalexin, COT: cotrimoxazole, G: gentamicin, AK: amikacin, OF: ofloxacin, CFM: cefixime, CTX: cefotaxim, CAZ: ceftazidime, PI: piperacillin, PIT: piperacillin-tazobactam, CAR: carbenicillin, and AMP: ampicillin.
—: not tested.