Incidence and Etiology of Surgical Site Infections among Emergency Postoperative Patients in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, South Western Uganda

Table 4

Sensitivity patterns of the different organisms to the different antibiotics.

Sensitivity pattern	Staphylococcus	Klebsiella spp.	E. coli	Pseudomonas	Total (sensitivity) ()	value
Ciprofloxacin
Sensitive (%)	3 (75.0)	8 (88.9)	0 (0.0)	2 (100)	13	0.048
Resistant (%)	1 (25.0)	1 (11.1)	2 (100)	0 (0.0)	4
Ceftriaxone
Sensitive (%)	5 (100)	8 (88.9)	0 (0.0)	2 (100)	15	0.009
Resistant (%)	0 (0.0)	1 (11.1)	2 (100)	0 (0.0)	3
Gentamycin
Sensitive (%)	3 (100)	6 (66.7)	1 (50.0)	0 (0.0)	10	0.29
Resistant (%)	0 (0.0)	3 (33.3)	1 (50.0)	1 (100)	5
Chloramphenicol (CAF)
Sensitive (%)	1 (20.0)	4 (66.7)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	5	0.194
Resistant (%)	4 (80.0)	2 (33.3)	2 (100)	1 (100)	9
Nalidixic Acid
Sensitive (%)	—	1 (100)	0 (0.0)	—	1	0.157
Resistant (%)	—	0 (0.0)	1 (100)	—	1
Cloxacillin
Sensitive (%)	4 (80.0)	—	—	—	4
Resistant (%)	1 (20.0)	—	—	—	1