Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci and Its Associated Risk Factors among HIV-Positive and -Negative Clients Attending Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia

Table 3

Profile of multidrug-resistant enterococci isolates at Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast, Ethiopia, 2017.

Resistant pattern	Combination of antibiotics	Number (%) of isolates tested
R3	PEN, AMP, VAN, GENTA	4 (16)
	PEN, AMP, GENTA, ERY	8 (32)
	PEN, AMP, GENTA, CIP	5 (20)
	PEN, AMP, GENTA, CAF	1 (4)
	GENTA, CAF, ERY	2 (8)
R4	PEN, AMP, VAN, GENTA, ERY	3 (12)
	PEN, AMP, GENTA CAF, ERY,	1 (4)
	PEN, AMP, GENTA, CIPR, ERY	1 (4)
Total MDR	25 (100)	—

MDR = multidrug resistance; PEN = penicillin; AMP = ampicillin; GENTA = gentamicin; CIPR = ciprofloxacin; CAF = chloramphenicol; VAN = vancomycin; ERY = erythromycin; R2–R4 = number of antibiotics category resistance from 3 to 4, respectively.