Research Article

Burden of Antibiotic Resistance at Wolaita Sodo University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital

Table 3

The antibiotic resistance of gram-negative bacterial isolates.

Antibiotic testedE. coliP. aurogenousSalmonellaShigellaProteusN. meningitisTotal (%)
R/T%RR/T%RR/T%RR/T%RR/T%RR/T%R

AM9/1181.88/1266.71/1100.02/2100.03/475.01/1100.024 (77.4)
C11/2250.08/1457.11/1100.01/250.03/560.00/2022 (47.8)
GM11/1861.111/1861.11/250.01/250.02/540.01/333.327 (56.3)
CXC8/1457.116/1984.2--1/1100.02/2100.0--27 (75.0)
CRO16/2369.622/2684.6--1/520.03/475.02/2100.334 (56.7)
NA3/1618.88/2040.00/101/250.02/366.7--14 (33.3)
CPR8/2532.09/2634.6--2/540.02/540.02/366.723 (36.0)
CM13/1968.414/2263.61/1100.03/3100.02/366.70/1033 (67.3)
SXT12/1580.09/1560.0--2/366.71/1100.01/1100.025 (71.4)
TET8/988.911/1291.71/1100.03/3100.03/3100.01/1100.027 (93.1)
ERY5/1338.58/1650.00/100/101/250.01/1100.015 (44.1)
CN7/1450.04/1040.00/101/250.00/10--12 (42.9)
Overall111/19955.8128/21061.05/955.618/3158.124/3863.29/1560.0295 (58.8)

AM: ampicillin; C: chloramphenicol; GM: gentamycin; CXC: cloxacillin; CRO: ceftriaxone; NA: nalidixic acid; CIP: ciprofloxacin; CM: clindamycin; SXT: trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole; TE: tetracycline; E: erythromycin; CN: cefalexin; R: resistant; T: number of tests conducted; %R; percent resistance.