Antibiotic Resistance Patterns of Escherichia coli Isolates from Hospitals in Kumasi, Ghana

Table 1

Acceptable susceptible zone of inhibition values for antibiotics used based on *CLSI.

Antibiotic	Resistant	Intermediate	Susceptible
Ciprofloxacin (5 μg)	≤15	16–20	≥21
Ampicillin (10 μg)	≤13	14–16	≥17
Gentamicin (10 μg)	≤12	13-14	≥15
Ceftriaxone (30 μg)	≤13	14–20	≥21
Co-trimoxazole (25 μg)	≤10	11–15	≥16

*CLSI: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute [7].