Research Article

Bacterial Sepsis in Patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis in Northwest Ethiopia

Table 4

Antibiotic resistant patterns of bacterial isolates from septic VL patients admitted to University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2012.

AntibioticS. aureus ( )S. pneumoniae ( )E. coli ( )Klebsiella spp. ( )Shigella spp. ( )Overall
( )
Number (%) of resistant isolates

Ampicillin1 (100)1 (100)2 (100)1 (100)16 (100)
Cefoxitin2 (18)2 (17)
Ceftriaxone3 (27)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
Chloramphenicol3 (27)0 (0)1 (100)1 (50)0 (0)4 (25)
Ciprofloxacin1 (9)1 (100)2 (100)0 (0)3 (19)
Erythromycin2 (18)0 (0)2 (17)
Gentamicin1 (9)0 (0)1 (100)1 (50)0 (0)2 (13)
Methicillin2 (18)2 (13)
Norfloxacin1 (100)1 (50)0 (0)5 (31)
Sulfamethoxazole4 (36)0 (0)1 (100)0 (0)0 (0)5 (31)
Tetracycline5 (45)1 (100)1 (100)1 (50)0 (0)8 (50)
Vancomycin0 (0)0 (0)