Research Article
High Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance among Bacteria Causing Pyogenic Wound Infections at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal
Table 3
Antibiotic susceptibilities of gram negative bacterial isolates.
| Antibiotics | Escherichia coli () | Klebsiella spp. () | Citrobacter spp. () | Proteus spp. () | Pseudomonas spp. () | Acinetobacter spp. () | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| Ampicillin | 10 (7.3) | 126 (92.6) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cotrimoxazole | 66 (48.5) | 70 (51.4) | 44 (50.0) | 44 (50.0) | 14 (46.6) | 16 (53.4) | 16 (42.1) | 22 (57.9) | — | — | 5 (50.0) | 5 (50.0) | Gentamycin | 94 (69.1) | 42 (30.8) | 56 (63.6) | 32 (36.4) | 22 (73.3) | 8 (26.7) | 22 (57.9) | 16 (42.1) | 25 (56.8) | 19 (43.2) | 4 (40.0) | 6 (60.0) | Amikacin | 118 (86.7) | 18 (13.2) | 72 (81.8) | 16 (18.2) | 28 (93.3) | 2 (6.7) | 29 (76.3) | 9 (23.7) | 32 (72.7) | 12 (27.3) | 4 (40.0) | 6 (60.0) | Ciprofloxacin | 64 (47.0) | 72 (53.0) | 48 (54.5) | 40 (45.5) | 16 (53.3) | 14 (46.7) | 25 (65.8) | 13 (34.2) | 22 (50.0) | 22 (50.0) | 5 (50.0) | 5 (50.0) | Levofloxacin | 100 (73.5) | 36 (26.5) | 48 (54.5) | 40 (45.5) | 16 (53.3) | 14 (46.7) | 25 (65.8) | 13 (34.2) | 34 (77.2) | 10 (22.8) | 5 (50.0) | 5 (50.0) | Cefotaxime | 44 (32.3) | 92 (67.7) | 42 (47.7) | 46 (52.3) | 20 (66.7) | 10 (33.3) | 21 (55.3) | 17 (44.7) | 15 (34.0) | 29 (66.0) | 4 (40.0) | 6 (60.0) | Ceftazidime | 44 (32.3) | 92 (67.7) | 42 (47.7) | 46 (52.3) | 20 (66.7) | 10 (33.3) | 21 (55.3) | 17 (44.7) | 15 (34.0) | 29 (66.0) | 4 (40.0) | 6 (60.0) | Piperacillin-tazobactam | 100 (73.5) | 36 (26.5) | 74 (84.0) | 14 (16.0) | 28 (93.3) | 2 (6.7) | 30 (78.9) | 8 (21.1) | 34 (77.2) | 10 (22.8) | 7 (70.0) | 3 (30.0) | Imipenem | 124 (91.2) | 12 (8.8) | 82 (93.2) | 6 (6.8) | 100.00 | 0 (0.0) | 35 (92.1) | 3 (7.9) | 34 (77.2) | 10 (22.8) | 7 (70.0) | 3 (30.0) | Polymyxin-B | 136 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 88 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 100.00 | 0 (0.0) | — | — | 44 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | Colistin | 136 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 88 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 100.00 | 0 (0.0) | — | — | 44 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
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