Research Article

Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Bacterial Isolates from Blood Culture among HIV/AIDS Patients at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Antibiotic resistance patterns of Gram-positive bacterial isolates among HIV/AIDS-infected patients at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital.

Gram-positiveAntibiotic resistance profile
CIP,COT,CLI,E,OXA,FOX,VA,TE,P,C,
N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)

S. aureus (38)
S36 (95)12 (32)27 (71)12 (31.5)9 (24)10 (26.3)9 (23.6)2 (5.2)
I1 (2.5)1 (2.6)0 (0)4 (10.5)2 (5.2)
R1 (2.5)25 (65)11 (29)22 (58)28 (73.6)28 (73.7)27 (71)36 (95)
CoNS (27)
S25 (92.5)11 (41)19 (70)10 (37)8 (30)9 (33.3)7 (26)2 (7.4)
I0 (0)2 (7.4)0 (0)3 (11)1 (3.7)
R2 (7.5)14 (52)8 (30)14 (52)19 (70)18 (66.7)19 (70.3)25 (93)
Enterococcus spp. (4)
S4 (100)2 (50)3 (75)4 (100)0 (0)0 (0)4 (100)
I0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)1 (25)0 (0)0 (0)
R0 (0)2 (50)1 (25)0 (0)3 (75)4 (100)0 (0)
S. pneumoniae (8)
S7 (87.5)4 (50)5 (62.5)8 (100)2 (25)1 (12.5)5 (62.5)
I0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)3 (37.5)
R1 (12.5)4 (50)3 (37.5)0 (0)6 (75)7 (87.5)0 (0)
Total (n = 77)
S72 (93.5)29 (37.6)30 (39)69 (90)18 (23.4)5 (6.5)
I1 (1.3)3 (3.9)7 (9)2 (2.6)4 (5.2)0 (0)
R4 (5.2)45 (58.4)40 (52)6 (7.7)55 (71.4)72 (95.5)

Note. CIP, ciprofloxacin; COT, cotrimoxazole; E, erythromycin; P, penicillin; VA, vancomycin; OXA, oxacillin; CLI, clindamycin; FOX, cefoxitin; CN, gentamycin; TE, tetracycline; S, sensitivity, I, intermediate; R, resistance; CONS, coagulase-negative Staphylococci.