Research Article
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 |
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