Research article

Bacterial Profile and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Urinary Tract Infection among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern Ethiopia

Table 2

Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of gram-negative and positive bacteria isolated from urine culture of pregnant women attending ANC at HUCSH (as shown in Table 1) (n = 23).

Isolates (no.)AST patternAntimicrobial agents tested
CIPCOTGENNITCTRNORCAZCRXCLD

E. coli (11)S921111101089
R29001132

K. pneumoniae (4)S33442332
R11002112

K. rhinoscleromatis (1)S00010000
R11101111

Citrobacter spp. (1)S1001100
R0110011

K. ozaenae (1)S11111110
R00000001

Salmonella Group A (1)S10111111
R01000000

E. cloaca (1)S10111110
R01000001

Subtotal (20)S (%)16(80)6(30)18(90)20(100)16(80)16(80)14(73.7)12(60)
R (%)4(20)14(70)2(10)0(0)4(20)4(20)5(26.3)8(40)

S. aureus (2)S112201102
R110021120

S. saprophyticus (1)S11101001
R00010110

Subtotal (3)S (%)2(66.7)1(50)3(100)3(100)0(0)2(66.7)1(33.3)0(0)3(100)
R (%)1(33.3)1(50)0(0)0(0)3(100)1(33.3)2(66.6)3(100)0(0)

S: sensitive; R: resistance; CIP: ciprofloxacin; COT: cotrimoxazole; GEN: gentamicin; NIT: nitrofurantoin; CTR: ceftriaxone; NOR: norfloxacin; CAZ: ceftazidime; CRX: cefuroxime; CLD: clindamycin.