Research Article

Bacterial Isolates and Drug Susceptibility Pattern of Sterile Body Fluids from Tertiary Hospital, Northern Ethiopia: A Four-Year Retrospective Study

Table 2

Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of gram-positive bacteria (n=23) isolated from body fluids.

Bacterial IsolatesPatternCIPCROAMCCPTESXTE AMP
N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)

S.pneumoniae (n=11)R0(0.0)0(00.0)0(0.0)3(50.0)1(10.0)1(10.0)1(12.5)4(57.1)5(62.5)
I0(0.0)1(30.0)0(0.0)3(50.0)3(30.0)2(20.0)1(12.5)0(0.0)0(0.0)
S3(100)6(60.0)4(100)0(0.0)6(60.0)7(70.0)6(75.0)3(42.9)3(37.5)

S.aureus(n=4)R0(0.0)1(50.0)1(100)0(0.0)2(66.7)0(0.0)1(33.3)1(25.0)0(0.0)
I0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)1(25.0)0(0.0)1(25.0)0(0.0)
S1(100)1(50.0)0(0.0)1(100)1(33.3)3(75.0)2(66.7)2(50.0)0(0.0)

CoNS(n=3)R0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)1(100)0(0.0)1(50.0)1(50.0)0(0.0)
I0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)
S0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)1(100)0(0.0)3(100)1(50.0)1(50.0)0(0.0)

Enterococcus Spp(n=2)R2(100)1(100)1(100)0(0.0)1(100)2(100)0(0.0)2(100)2(100)
I0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)
S0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)1(100)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)

Streptococcus spp(n=1)R0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)1(100)1(100)0(0.0)1(100)1(100)
I0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)
S0(0.0)1(100)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)1(100)0(0.0)0(0.0)

Micrococcus lutes(n=1)R0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)1(100)0(0.0)
I0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)
S0(0.0)1(100)0(0.0)1(100)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)

Kocuriarose (n=1)R1(100)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)1(100)1(100)0(0.0)0(0.0)
I0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)
S0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)

Total 
(n=23)
R3(42.9)2(16.7)2(33.3)3(33.3)6(37.5)5(23.8)4(26.7)10(57.8)11(78.6)
I0(0.0)1(8.3)0(0.0)3(33.3)3(18.8)3(14.3)1(6.6)1(5.8)0(0.0)
S4(57.1)9(75.0)4(66.7)3(33.3)7(43.7)13(61.9)10(66.7)6(35.3)
3(21.4)

CIP = ciprofloxacin CRO = ceftriaxone AMC = amoxicillin-clavulinic acid, C = Chloramphenicol, P = penicillin TE = tetracycline, SXT= trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. E = erythromycin AMP = ampicillin.
R = Resistant I = Intermediate S = Sensitive