Throat Swab Culture Positivity and Antibiotic Resistance Profiles in Children 2–5 Years of Age Suspected of Bacterial Tonsillitis at Hargeisa Group of Hospitals, Somaliland: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 6

Multidrug resistance profiles of bacterial isolates from children 2–5 years of age with suspicion of bacterial tonsilitis at Hargeisa Group of Hospital.

Bacterial species	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Overall MDR
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Beta-hemolytic streptococci (78)	16 (20.5)	21 (26.9)	24 (30.3)	14 (17.9)	3 (3.8)	41 (52.6)
S. aureus (42)	8 (19)	16 (38)	2 (4.8)	7 (16.7)	8 (11.9)	17 (40.5)
S. pneumoniae (10)	4 (40)		5 (50)	1 (10)	0	6 (60)
K. pneumoniae (6)	1 (16.7)	2 (33.3)	1 (16.7)	2 (33.3)	0	3 (50)
M. catarrhalis (4)	1 (25)	2 (50)	1 (25)	0	0	1 (25)
P. aeruginosa (3)	0	0	2 (66.7)	1 (33.3)	0	2 (66.7)
Total (143)	30 (20.9)	41 (28.7)	35 (24.5)	25 (17.5)	8 (5.6)	71 (49.7)

Key. R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R5: non-susceptible to 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 antibiotics categories, respectively; MDR: resistance of an isolate to three or more antibiotics taken from different categories.