Hand Hygiene Practices and Microbial Investigation of Hand Contact Swab among Physiotherapists in an Ebola Endemic Region: Implications for Public Health

Table 8

Susceptibility of bacterial isolates from hand contact swabs to common antibiotics.

Antibiotics	Concentration	Bacteria
		Staph. aureus	E. coli	Coagulase +ve Staphylococcus	Bacillus spp.	Pseudomonas spp.
Streptomycin	30 mcg	66.7	66.7	40.5	100	33.3
Gentamicin	10 mcg	33.3	Rs	49.7	Rs	Rs
Ciprofloxacin	10 mcg	100.0	33.3	77.3	33.3	100
Lincomycin	30 mcg	33.3	Rs	54.1	Rs	34.7
Norfloxacin	30 mcg	Rs	Rs	41.7	Rs	Ns
Rifampicin	30 mcg	Rs	Rs	34.9	33.1	Ns
Chloramphenicol	30 mcg	Rs	Rs	37.3	Rs	33.3
Flucloxacillin	30 mcg	Rs	Rs	43.1	Rs	Rs
Erythromycin	30 mcg	Rs	Rs	47.7	100	55.7
Ampicillin-cloxacillin	10 mcg	33.3	Rs	40.3	33.3	Rs
Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid	10 mcg	Rs	Rs	43.7	Rs	Rs
Ofloxacin	10 mcg	33.3	Rs	75.7	33.3	100
Pefloxacin	30 mcg	Rs	Rs	82.1	Rs	100
Ampicillin	30 mcg	Rs	Rs	63.1	33.3	Rs
Cephalexin-nalidixic acid	30 mcg	Rs	Rs	72.5	Rs	33.3
Trimethoprim	30 mcg	Rs	Rs	80/2	Rs	Rs

mcg: microgram. Figures represent percentage of isolates susceptible to drug; Rs: 100% of isolates resistant; 100: 100% of isolates susceptible to drug.