Bacterial Profile of External Ocular Infections, Its Associated Factors, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern among Patients Attending Karamara Hospital, Jigjiga, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 6

Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of gram-negative bacteria isolated from external ocular infection at Karamara hospital, Jigjiga, eastern Ethiopia, 2020.

Organisms isolated n = 22		Antibiotics
		CIP	CN	SXT	TE	CRO
Moraxella spp n = 2	S	2 (100%)	2 (100%)	—	2 (100%)	1 (50%)
	I	—	—	—	—	—
	R	—	—	2 (100%)	—	1 (50%)
Pseudomonas-aeruginosa n = 3	S	3 (100%)	2 (66.7%)	—	—	2 (66.7%)
	I	—	1 (33.3%)	—	—	—
	R	—	—	3 (100%)	3 (100%)	1 (33.3%)
Escherichia-coli n = 11	S	3 (27.3%)	5 (45.5%)	1 (9%)	2 (18.2%)	5 (45.5%)
	I	—	1(9%)	—	2 (18.2%)	—
	R	8 (72.7%)	5 (45.5%)	10 (91%)	7 (63.6%)	6 (54.5%)
Klebsiella-pneumonia n = 6	S	3 (50%)	6 (100%)	4 (66.7%)	5 (83.3%)	6 (100%)
	I	3 (50%)	—	—	—	—
	R	—	—	7 (33.3%)	1 (16.7%)	—

CoNS: Coagulase-negative staphylococci, VAN-vancomycin, PE-penicillin, DO-doxycycline, CIP-ciprofloxacin, CN-gentamicin, DA-clindamycin, TE-tetracycline, SXT-trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, CRO-ceftriaxone. S sensitive, I intermediate, R resistance.