Bacteriological profile and antimicrobial sensitivity pattern of blood culture isolates among septicemia-suspected children at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital and Yekatit 12 Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 1 Antimicrobial resistance pattern of bacteria isolated from blood culture

Antimicrobial drugs	Resistance proportion of bacterial isolates (R%)
	*S. aureus* ( n = 13)	*S. marcescens* ( n = 12)	CoNS ( n = 11)	*Klebsiella* spp. ( n = 9)	*Salmonella* spp. ( n = 3)	*E. cloacae* ( n = 2)	Other GNB ^a ( n = 3)	Other GPB ^b ( n = 2)
Penicillin	92.3	ND	81.8	ND	ND	ND	ND	100
Ampicillin	84.6	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Clindamycin	0	ND	0	ND	ND	ND	ND	0
Erythromycin	30.8	ND	54.5	ND	ND	ND	ND	0
Chloramph.	7.7	25	36.4	44.4	100	0	100	50
Ciprofloxacin	30.8	0	18.2	44.4	0	0	0	0
Vancomycin	15.4	ND	18.2	ND	ND	ND	ND	0
Cefoxitin	38.5	33.3	54.5	0	0	0	66.7	50
Gentamycin	30.8	91.7	36.4	100	100	0	100	50
Tetracycline	53.8	91.7	45.5	55.5	100	100	66.7	100
SXT	61.5	91.7	81.8	77.8	100	100	66.7	0
Ceftriaxone	46.2	16.7	27.3	100	100	100	100	50
Nalidixic acid	ND	0	ND	44.4	0	0	0	ND

ND, not done; SXT, sulphamethaxozol/trimethoprim. ^aGram-negative bacteria (Acinetobacter baumanii, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas leutole). ^bGram-positive bacteria (Enterococcus spp. and Streptococcus. spp.).

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