BioMed Research International

Research Article

Etiologic Agents of Bacterial Sepsis and Their Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns among Patients Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus at Gondar University Teaching Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Resistance pattern of bacterial isolates to commonly used antibiotics among HIV infected patients in the University of Gondar Teaching Hospital from March 1, 2013, to May 2, 2013.
Organism isolatedAntibiotic resistance patterns
SXTAMCCROCIPECNMETPTEVCAFOXA AMPF
Gram positive              
S. aureus ()6 (46.2)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)3 (23.1)0 (0)5 (38.5)5 (38.5)4 (30.8)0 (0)1 (7.7)3 (23.1)11 (84.6)0 (0)
CONS ()8 (100)0 (0)0 (0)1 (12.5)3 (37.5)1 (12.5)6 (75.0)3 (37.5)4 (50.0)0 (0)2 (25.0)2 (25.0)3 (37.5)0 (0)
Viridans streptococci()1 (33.3)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)2 (66.7)1 (33.3)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)1 (33.3)1 (33.3)0 (0)
S. pyogenes ()2 (100)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)1 (50)0 (0)1 (50)1 (50)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)2 (100)0 (0)
Total ()17 (65.3)0 (0)0 (0)1 (3.8)7 (26.9)3 (11.5)13 (0.5)9 (34.6)8 (30.7)0 (0)3 (11.5)6 (23.0)17 (65.3)0 (0)
Gram negative              
E. coli ()1 (100)1 (100)0 (0)0 (0)—0 (0)——1 (100)—0 (0)—1 (100)0 (0)
K. ozaenae ()1 (100)1 (100)0 (0)0 (0)—0 (0)——1 (100)—0 (0)—1 (100)0 (0)
H. influenzae ()1 (100)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)—0 (0)——0 (0)—0 (0)—0 (0)0 (0)
P. aeruginosa ()1 (100)1 (100)1 (100)0 (0)—1 (100)——1 (100)—1 (100)—1 (100)0 (0)
Serratia ()1 (100)1 (100)0 (0)0 (0)—0 (0)——1 (100)—1 (100)—1 (100)0 (0)
Total (n = 5)5 (100)4 (80)1 (20)0 (0)—1 (20)——4 (80)—2 (40)—4 (80)0 (0)
Overall (n = 31)22 (70.9)4 (12.9)1 (3.2)1 (3.2)7 (26.9)4 (12.9)13 (0.5)9 (34.6)12 (38.7)0 (0)5 (16.1)6 (23.0)21(67.7)0 (0)
AMP: ampicillin; SXT: sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim; AMC: amoxicillin-clavulanic acid; CRO: ceftriaxone; CIP: ciprofloxacin; E: erythromycin; CN: gentamicin; MET: methicillin; P: penicillin; TE: tetracycline; V: vancomycin; CAF: chloramphenicol; OXA: oxacillin; F: nitrofurantoin; S: sensitive; I: intermediate; : resistant; —: not used antibiotic for Gram negative.