Childhood Septicemia in Nepal: Documenting the Bacterial Etiology and Its Susceptibility to Antibiotics

Table 3

Antibiotic resistance profile of isolates.

Isolated organisms	Rate of resistance to different antibiotics tested
	OX	FOX	VAN	TEI	E	CD	P	CFX	COT	G	AK	OF	CFM	CTX	CAZ	PI	PIT	CAR	AMX	NA
Coagulase negative Staphylococcus spp.	29.4	35.3	0	0	51.5	26.5	88.2	80.9	67.6	55.9	2.9	32.4	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Staphylococcus aureus	33.3	44.4	0	0	55.6	22.2	88.9	77.8	44.4	44.4	0	22.2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Enterococcus spp.	0	X	0	0	60.0	0	100	X	X	60.0	20.0	20.0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Acinetobacter spp.	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	56.7	26.7	10.3	20.0	76.7	66.7	77.3	60.0	43.3	X	83.3	X
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	52.9	11.7	35.3	58.8	70.6	58.8	76.5	52.9	41.2	100	X
Citrobacter spp.	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	50.0	75.0	0	25.0	0	50.0	50.0	50.0	25.0	X	100	X
Enterobacter spp.	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	69.2	61.5	23.0	61.5	69.2	15.4	23.0	61.5	38.5	X	77.0	X
Klebsiella pneumoniae	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	62.5	50.0	0	37.5	50.0	37.5	37.5	62.5	37.5	X	100	X
Escherichia coli	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	77.8	66.7	11.1	33.3	22.2	55.5	66.7	77.8	55.5	X	77.8	X
Salmonella spp.	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	44.4	22.2	0	33.3	33.3	55.5	44.4	55.5	22.2	X	88.9	33.3

Note: OX: oxacillin, FOX: cefoxitin, VAN: vancomycin, TEI: teicoplanin, E: erythromycin, CD: clindamycin, P: penicillin G, CFX: cephalexin, COT: cotrimoxazole, G: gentamicin, AK: amikacin, OF: ofloxacin, CFM: cefixime, CTX: cefotaxime, CAZ: ceftazidime, PI: piperacillin, PIT: piperacillin-tazobactam, CAR: carbenicillin, AMX: amoxycillin, NA: nalidixic acid, X: not tested.