Research Article
Surfaces and Air Bacteriology of Selected Wards at a Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Distribution of antimicrobial resistance profile of bacterial pathogens isolated from surfaces and air at FHRH, 2017.
| | Antibiotics | Bacteria isolates and their antibiotic resistance pattern | | S. aureus () | CoNs () | Klebsiella spp. () | P. aeruginosa () | E. coli () |
| | Cotrimoxazole | 35 (49.5%) | 48 (57.7%) | 8 (36.4%) | 7 (100%) | 6 (100%) | | Chloramphenicol | 20 (28%) | 26 (31%) | 7 (32%) | 4 (57.2%) | 4 (66.7%) | | Gentamicin | 19 (26.7%) | 26 (30.5%) | 9 (41%) | 2 (28.6%) | 4 (66.7%) | | Tetracycline | 29 (41%) | 45 (53.4%) | 7 (32%) | 5 (71.6%) | 4 (66.7%) | | Cefoxtin | 18 (25%) | 24 (29%) | NA | NA | NA | | Clindamycin | 12 (16.3%) | 14 (17.2%) | NA | NA | NA | | Doxycyclin | 17 (24.5%) | 24 (29%) | NA | NA | NA | | Erythromycin | 54 (75.5%) | 59 (70.2%) | NA | NA | NA | | Clarithromycin | 50 (70%) | 66 (78.5%) | NA | NA | NA | | Ciprofloxacin | 16 (22.5%) | 20 (24%) | 5 (23%) | 6 (85.7%) | 4 (66.7%) | | Norfloxacillin | 17 (24%) | 19 (22.6%) | 4 (18.2%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (33.3%) | | Augmentin | 16 (22.5%) | 16 (19%) | 5 (23%) | IR | 3 (50%) | | Penicillin | 60 (84.5%) | 74 (88%) | NA | NA | NA | | Ceftriaxone | 23 (32.4%) | 54 (64%) | 9 (41%) | IR | 1 (12.7%) | | Ampicillin | NA | NA | 12 (54.6%) | IR | 6 (100%) |
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NA, not applicable; Augmentin, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid; IR, intrinsic resistance.
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