Microbial Diversity and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Bacteria Associated with Motorcycle Helmets

Table 4

Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Gram-positive isolates.

Serial number	Antibiotics used	Susceptibility pattern
		S. aureus (n = 89)		S. epidermidis (n = 77)		Bacillus spp. (n = 44)		Micrococcus spp. (n = 19)
		S (%)	R (%)	S (%)	R (%)	S (%)	R (%)	S (%)	R (%)
1	Tetracycline	88.8	11.2	85.7	14.3	88.6	11.4	84.2	15.8
2	Cloxacillin	91.0	9.0	89.9	10.1	40.9	59.1	73.7	26.3
3	Erythromycin	57.3	42.7	66.2	33.8	34.1	65.9	36.8	63.2
4	Gentamicin	94.4	5.6	100.0	0.0	84.1	15.9	78.9	21.1
5	Amikacin	82.0	18.0	85.7	14.3	44.7	52.3	68.4	31.6
6	Cotrimoxazole	89.9	10.1	92.2	7.8	63.6	36.4	63.2	36.8
7	Ciprofloxacin	77.5	22.5	90.9	9.1	93.2	6.8	68.4	31.6
8	Azithromycin	76.0	24.0	83.1	16.9	75.0	25.0	73.7	26.3
9	Cefoxitin	66.3	33.7	79.2	20.8	79.5	20.5	47.4	52.6
10	Vancomycin	88.8	11.2	88.3	11.7	65.9	34.1	63.2	36.8

S = sensitive; R = resistant.