Research Article

Prevalence, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns, and Risk Factors Associated with Enterococci among Pediatric Patients at Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeastern Ethiopia

Table 5

Drug resistance pattern of enterococci isolates from pediatric patients attending DRH from February to May 2019.

Resistance rateCombination of antibioticsNumber of isolates

R1TET2
R2TET, AUG2
R2TET, VAN1
R4TET, P, AMP, AUG1
R4TET, VAN, AUG, CIP1
R5TET, P, AMP, E, CPR1
R5TET, P, AMP, VAN, CPR,1
R8TET, P, AMP, VAN, CPR, NIT, E, C2
Total11

E: erythromycin; TET: tetracycline; AMP: ampicillin; P: penicillin; AUG: amoxicillin/clavulanic acid; C: chloramphenicol; CIP: ciprofloxacin; VAN: vancomycin; NIT: nitrofurantoin; R1: resistance to one; R2: resistance to two; R4: resistance to four; R5: resistance to five; R8: resistance to eight drugs.