Research Article

Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bacterial Uropathogens Isolated from Pediatric Patients at Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 5

The number and percent of resistant strains of Gram-positive uropathogens among pediatric patients at Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2014.

Bacteria isolatedTotal no.Antimicrobial agents tested
PCIPCEOXCXMGNKFSXTFDAAMPCRO
No. (%)No. (%)No. (%)No. (%)No. (%)No. (%)No. (%)No. (%)No. (%)No. (%)No. (%)No. (%)No. (%)

Enterococcus spp.701 (14.3)5 (71.4)6 (85.7)3 (42.9)03 (42.9)6 (85.7)1 (14.3)03 (42.9)3 (42.9)
CONS401 (25.0)1 (25.0)4 (100)4 (100)004 (100)001 (25.0)1 (25.0)
S. aureus11 (100)001 (100)0001 (100)0001 (100)0
Total121 (8.3)2 (16.6)6 (50)11 (91.6)07 (58.3)04 (33.3)10 (83.3)1 (8.3)05 (41.6)4 (33.3)

CONS: coagulase-negative staphylococci; P: penicillin (10 U); AMP: augmentin (30 μg); KF: cephalothin (10 μg); DA: clindamycin (30 μg); CRO: ceftriaxone (10 μg); GN: gentamicin (30 μg); E: erythromycin (15 μg); CIP: ciprofloxacin (5 μg); OX: oxacillin (1 μg); F: nitrofurantoin (30 μg); C: chloramphenicol (30 μg); SXT: trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (1.25/23.75 μg); CXM: cefuroxime (30 μg).