Research Article

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

Table 3

Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of gram-negative bacteria (n=21) isolated from body fluids.

Bacteria IsolatesPatternCIPNORCNAMCCFAMPSXTDOX
N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)

K.pneumonae
(n=5)
R1(0.0)2(50.0)2(40.0)1(50.0)2(66.7)1(33.3)3(100)2(66.7)4(80.0)
I1(33.3)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)1(33.3)1(33.3)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)
S3(66.7)2(50.0)3(60.0)1(50.0)0(0.0)1(33.3)0(0.0)1(33.3)1(20.0)

E. coli
(n=4)
R2(100)2(50.0)1(33.3)2(66.7)1(33.3)1(50.0)2(100)0(0.0)2(50.0)
I0(0.0)0(0.0)1(33.3)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)
S2(0.0)2(50.0)1(33.3)1(33.3)2(66.7)1(50.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)2(50.0)

P. aeruginosa
(n=4)
R1(25.0)2(100)2(50.0)0(0.0)1(50.0)0(0.0)2(100)1(50.0)3(100)
I1(25.0)0(0.0)2(50.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)1(50.0)0(0.0)
S2(50.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)1(50.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)

Klebsielaspp
(n=3)
R1(33.3)0(0.0)2(66.7)2(66.7)1(100)1(100)3(100)1(50.0)1(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)
S2(66.7)1(100)1(33.3)1(33.3)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)1(50.0)0(0.0)

Citrobacterspp
(n=2)
R2(100)0(0.0)1(50.0)2(100)0(0.0)0(0.0)2(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)1(50.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)1(100)0(0.0)

Proteus spp
(n=1)
R0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)1(100)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)
I0(0.0)0(0.0)1(100)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)1(100)0(0.0)0(0.0)
S1(100)1(100)0(0.0)1(100)0(0.0)1(100)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)

Acinetobacter spp.
(n=1)
R0(0.0)1(100)1(100)1(100.0)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)
S1(100)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)

H. influenzae
(n=1)
R0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)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)
S1(100)1(100)1(100)0(0.0)1(100)1(100)1(100.0)0(0.0)0(0.0)

Total 
(n=21)
R5(26.3)7(50)9(45.0)8(66.7)6(54.6)5(55.6)13(86.8)4(50.0)11(78.6)
I2(10.5)0(0.0)4(20.0)0(0.0)1(9.0)0(0.0)1(6.6)1(12.5)0(0.0)
S12( 63.2)7(50.0)7(35.0)4(33.3)4(36.4)4(44.4)1(6.6)3(37.5)3(21.4)

CIP = ciprofloxacin NOR = norfloxacinCN = gentamicin AMC = amoxicillin-clavulinic acid. CRO = ceftriaxone C = chloramphenicol. F = Nitrofurantoin AMP = ampicillin SXT =trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. R = Resistant I = Intermediate S = Sensitiv