Research Article
Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria on the Mobile Phones and Computer Keyboards of Healthcare University Students in Ghana
Table 3
Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of pathogenic bacteria isolated.
| | Antibiotics | Staphylococcus aureus | Klebsiella spp. | Escherichia coli | Enterobacter spp. | Enterobacter cloacae | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Total | | n = 22 | n = 31 | n = 16 | n = 4 | n = 5 | n = 13 | n = 91 | | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. t(%) |
| | AMP | 22 (100) | 30 (96.7) | 15 (93.8) | 4 (100) | 4 (80.0) | 13 (100) | 88 (96.7) | | CTX | 5 (22.7) | 3 (9.7) | 4 (25) | 1 (25.0) | 1 (20.0) | 3 (23.1) | 17 (18.7) | | CAZ | 3 (13.8) | 2 (6.5) | 3 (18.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (38.5) | 13 (14.2) | | CIP | 10 (45.4) | 5 (16.1) | 3 (18.6) | 1 (25) | 2 (40.0) | 2 (15.4) | 23 (25.3) | | CHL | 6 (27.7) | 17 (54.9) | 12 (75.0) | 3 (75.0) | 3 (60.0) | 4 (30.9) | 45 (49.5) | | ERY | 7 (31.8) | — | — | — | — | — | — | | GEN | 5 (22.7) | 6 (19.4) | 5 (31.3) | 2 (50.0) | 2 (40.0) | 2 (15.4) | 22 (24.7) | | TET | 9 (40.9) | 25 (80.6) | 10 (62.5) | 3 (75.0) | 3 (60.0) | 8 (61.5) | 69 (75.8) | | RIF | 2 (9.1) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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AMP- ampicillin, CTX- cefotaxime, CAZ- ceftazidime, CIP- ciprofloxacin, CHL- chloramphenicol, ERY- erythromycin, GEN- gentamicin, TET- tetracycline, RIF- rifampicin.
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