Microbiological and Clinicoepidemiological Profile of a Series of Patients with Infective Endocarditis at a Center in Eastern Nepal

Table 4

Blood culture and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of 17 IE patients.

Organisms isolated	S. aureus	E. faecalis	E. faecium
No. of isolates	5	2	2
Antibiotics tested and their susceptibility (S/R, S = susceptible, R = resistant)
Penicillin	0/5	2/0	0/2
Ampicillin		2/0	1/1
Amikacin	4/1
Erythromycin	0/5	0/2	0/2
Ofloxacin	2/3
Tetracycline	4/1	0/2	0/2
Cotrimoxazole	3/2
Ceftriaxone	2/3
Chloramphenicol	5/0		1/1
Linezolid	5/0	2/0	2/0
Amoxycillin + clavulanic acid	0/5
Gentamicin	3/2
Vancomycin		2/0	2/0
Teicoplanin		2/0	2/0
Ciprofloxacin		0/2	0/2
High-level gentamicin		1/1	1/1