Table 2: Antibiotic resistance pattern of isolated Gram positive organisms.

 

S. aureus

(43)

CoNS

(8)

Enterococci

(25)

B hemolytic Streptococci

(4)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Penicillin

32 (74.4)

6 (75)

20 (80)

1 (25)

Ampicillin

NT

NT

22 (88)

1 (25)

Cefoxitin

24 (55.8)

8 (100)

NT

NT

Clindamycin

16 (39)*

3 (50)*

NT

2 (50)

Erythromycin

15 (36.6)*

3 (37.5)*

15 (60)

1 (25)

Vancomycin

6 (13.9)

1 (12.5)

5 (20)

0

Linezolid

10 (23.3)

1 (12.5)

4 (16)

0

Levofloxacin

8 (18.6)

2 (25)

17 (68)

0

Gentamicin

9 (20.9)

2 (25)

17 (68)

NT

Amikacin

18 (41.9)

3 (37.5)

NT

NT

Chloramphenicol

NT

NT

6 (24)

0

NT: Not tested; *Not tested with urine (2 samples); Nitrofurantoin tested only with urine samples with % resistant to both Staphylococcus aureus and CoNS (50%), and with Enterococcus resistant (83.3%), Norfloxacin tested only with urine with % resistant to Enterococcus (66.7%)