Bacterial Isolates and Their Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Wound Infections among Inpatients and Outpatients Attending the University of Gondar Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 4
Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of gram negative Bacteria isolated from wound swab cultures of patients among inpatients and outpatients attending the University of Gondar Referral hospital from March to May, 2014.
Bacterial isolates
Number of resistance pathogens to antimicrobial agents (%)
TE
C
CRO
AMP
CN
CIP
SXT
Klebsiella spp. ()
11 (64.7)
12 (70.6)
9 (52.9)
16 (94.1)
5 (29.4)
10 (58.8)
11 (64.7)
Citrobacter spp. ()
8 (53.3)
7 (46.7)
4 (26.7)
15 (100)
8 (53.3)
3 (40)
9 (60)
Enterobacter spp. ()
11 (84.6)
6 (46.2)
7 (53.8)
13 (100)
8 (61.5)
3 (23.1)
7 (53.8)
E. coli ()
5 (62.5)
2 (25)
1 (12.5)
6 (75)
1 (12.5)
3 (37.5)
4 (50)
P. aeruginosa ()
ND
6 (75)
3 (37.5)
ND
3 (37.5)
3 (37.5)
ND
Proteus spp. ()
6 (100)
3 (50)
1 (16.7)
6 (100)
2 (33.4)
1 (16.7)
5 (83.3)
Salmonella arizonae ()
4 (100)
2 (50)
3 (75)
4 (100)
4 (100)
0 (0)
4 (100)
Serratia spp. ()
2 (66.7)
1 (33.3)
3 (100)
3 (100)
2 (66.7)
2 (66.7)
3 (100)
Achromobacter spp. ()
0 (0)
2 (100)
2 (100)
2 (100)
2 (100)
2 (100)
0 (0)
Acinetobacter spp. ()
1 (100)
1 (100)
1 (100)
1 (100)
1 (100)
1 (100)
0 (0)
Total
48 (62.3)
42 (54.5)
34 (44)
66 (85.7)
36 (46.7)
28 (36)
43 (55.8)
TE: tetracycline, C: chloramphenicol, CRO: ceftriaxone, AMP: ampicillin, AML: amoxicillin, CN: gentamicin, CIP: ciprofloxacin, SXT: trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, : number of isolates, and ND: not done.
