Bacteriological Profile and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Bacteria Isolated from Pus/Wound Swab Samples from Children Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal

Table 1

Results of biochemical tests of different bacteria isolated in our study.

Yellow colony on mannitol salt agar, Gram-positive cocci, catalase positive, slide and tube coagulase positive, gelatin hydrolysis positive, beta-hemolysis in blood agar, methyl red test and Voges-Proskauer test positive, nitrate reduction positive	S. aureus
Gram-positive cocci, catalase negative, beta-hemolysis in blood agar, bacitracin sensitive, bile-esculin test negative, L-pyrrolidonyl-β-naphthylamide (PYR) test positive	S. pyogenes
Gram-negative bacilli, oxidase positive, catalase positive, greenish yellow colonies on nutrient agar, citrate positive, motile, indole negative, urease negative, lactose non-fermenting, hydrogen sulphide negative, gas negative	P. aeruginosa
Gram-negative bacilli, catalase positive, oxidase negative, mucoid colony, nonmotile, urease positive, citrate positive, indole negative, lactose fermenting, gas positive, hydrogen sulphide negative	K. pneumoniae
Gram-negative bacilli, catalase positive, oxidase negative, motile, urease negative, citrate negative, indole positive, lactose fermenting, gas positive, hydrogen sulphide negative	E. coli
Gram-negative bacilli, catalase positive, oxidase negative, citrate positive, lactose non-fermenting, indole negative, nonmotile, gas negative, hydrogen sulphide negative	Acinetobacter spp.
Gram-negative bacilli, oxidase negative, catalase positive, lactose fermenting, indole negative, motile, urease differential, hydrogen sulphide positive, gas positive, citrate positive	C. freundii
Gram-negative bacilli, oxidase negative, catalase positive, lactose non-fermenting, indole positive, motile, urease differential, hydrogen sulphide negative, gas positive, citrate positive	C. koseri
Gram-negative bacilli, oxidase negative, catalase positive, lactose non-fermenting, indole negative, motile, urease positive, hydrogen sulphide positive, gas positive, citrate positive	P. mirabilis