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

Table 4

Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Gram-negative 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	CAZ	CIP	CL	CRO	GN
E. coli	9	S	3 (33.3)	2 (22.2)	9 (100)	7 (77.8)	7 (77.8)	6 (66.7)
		R	6 (66.7)	7 (77.8)	0 (0)	2 (22.2)	2 (22.2)	3 (33.3)
Klebsiella spp.	4	S	2 (50)	1 (25)	4 (100)	3 (75)	3 (75)	2 (50)
		R	2 (50)	3 (75)	0 (0)	1 (25)	1 (25)	2 (50)
P. vulgaris	3	S	1 (33.3)	2 (66.7)	2 (66.7)	2 (66.7)	2 (66.7)	2 (66.7)
		R	2 (66.7)	1 (33.3)	1 (33.3)	1 (33.3)	1 (33.3)	1 (33.3)
P. aeruginosa	6	S	2 (33.3)	1 (16.3)	4 (66.7)	1 (16.3)	3 (50)	4 (66.7)
		R	4 (66.7)	5 (83.7)	2 (33.3)	5 (83.7)	3 (50)	2 (33.3)
Proteus spp.	2	S	1 (50)	2 (100)	2 (100)	0 (0)	2 (100)	1 (50)
		R	1 (50)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (100)	0 (0)	1 (50)
Total	24	S	9 (37.5)	8 (33.3)	21 (78.5)	13 (54.2)	17 (70.8)	16 (66.7)
		R	15 (66.5)	16 (66.7)	3 (12.5)	11 (45.8)	7 (29.2)	8 (33.3)

S: sensitive; R: resistance; C: chloramphenicol; CAZ: ceftazidime; CIP: ciprofloxacin; CL: cephalexin; CRO: ceftriaxone; GN: gentamycin.