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%)