Research Article
Acute Bacterial Meningitis in Qatar: A Hospital-Based Study from 2009 to 2013
Table 5
Antimicrobial resistance rate of Gram-positive CSF isolates.
| | Microorganisms | TNP | pen | amp | oxc | eryt | clind | amclv | cotr | cfr | van | line | teic |
| | Abiotrophia spp. | 1 | 0 | 0 | NT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NT | 0 | NT | NT | | Enterococcus faecalis | 7 | NT | 0 | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Enterococcus gallinarum | 1 | NT | 0 | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | 1 (100) | 0 | 0 | | Gemella haemolysans | 1 | 0 | 0 | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | 0 | 0 | NT | NT | | Leuconostoc species | 1 | 0 | 0 | NT | NT | 0 | 0 | NT | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 0 | 0 | | Listeria monocytogenes | 3 | 0 | 0 | NT | NT | NT | NT | 0 | NT | NT | NT | NT | | Staphylococcus aureus | 1 | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | NT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NT | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Coagulase-negative staphylococci | 20 | 20 (100) | 20 (100) | 19 (95) | 19 (95) | 10 (50) | 20 (100) | 9 (45) | NT | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Streptococcus spp. | 8 | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 0 | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 0 | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Streptococcus pneumoniae | 19 | 6 (31.5) | 6 (31.5) | 6 (31.5) | 6 (31.5) | 6 (31.5) | 6 (31.5) | 3 (15.7) | 3 (15.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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TNP: total number of patients; pen: penicillin; amp: ampicillin; oxc: oxacillin; eryt: erythromycin; clind: clindamycin; amclv: amoxicillin/clavulanic acid; cotr: cotrimoxazole; cfr: ceftriaxone; van: vancomycin; line: linezolid; teic: teicoplanin; NT: not tested.
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