Bacterial Nosocomial Infections and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern among Patients Admitted at Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 3

Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Gram-positive bacteria isolated from NI-suspected patients at Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia, March 2017 to July 2017.

Bacterial species	Total isolates	Pattern	Antimicrobial susceptibility, (%)
			C	CIP	CL	E	CRO	GN		TE
S. aureus	10	S	2 (20)	8 (80)	3 (30)	2 (20)	5 (50)	7 (70)	4 (40)	3 (30)
		R	8 (80)	2 (20)	7 (70)	8 (80)	5 (50)	3 (30)	6 (60)	7 (70)
CoNS	5	S	3 (60)	3 (60)	4 (80)	2 (40)	5 (100)	4 (80)	4 (80)	2 (40)
		R	2 (40)	2 (40)	1 (20)	3 (60)	0 (0)	1 (20)	1 (20)	3 (60)
S. pneumoniae	8	S	7 (87.5)	6 (75)	5 (62.5)	2 (25)	5 (62.5)	4 (50)	3 (37.5)	2 (25)
		R	1 (12.5)	2 (25)	3 (37.5)	6 (75)	3 (37.5)	4 (50)	5 (62.5)	6 (75)
Streptococcus spp.	2	S	2 (100)	1 (50)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (100)	2 (100)	2 (100)	0 (0)
		R	0 (0)	1 (50)	2 (100)	2 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (100)
Enterococcus	5	S	3 (60)	4 (80)	3 (60)	4 (80)	3 (60)	4 (80)	1 (20)	1 (20)
		R	2 (40)	1 (20)	2 (40)	1 (20)	2 (40)	1 (20)	4 (80)	4 (80)
Total	30	S	17 (56.7)	22 (73.3)	15 (50)	10 (32.3)	18 (60)	21 (70)	14 (46.7)	8 (26.7)
		R	13 (43.3)	8 (26.7)	15 (50)	20 (66.7)	12 (40)	9 (30)	16 (53.3)	22 (73.3)

S: sensitive; R: resistance; C: chloramphenicol; CIP: ciprofloxacin; CL: cephalexin; E: erythromycin; CRO: ceftriaxone; GN: gentamycin; P: penicillin; TE: tetracycline.