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Table 2 In-vitro sensitivity testing of the isolates from neonatal ICU of Tikur Anbessa Hospital: Percentage of resistance of each pathogen to various antibiotics, July 2011

From: High load of multi-drug resistant nosocomial neonatal pathogens carried by cockroaches in a neonatal intensive care unit at Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Isolate

Num.

(N)

Amp

(%)

Aug

(%)

Amx

(%)

Gen

(%)

Ceft

(%)

Cefo

(%)

TTC

(%)

Dox

(%)

Caf

(%)

CTX

(%)

Nrf

(%)

Cip

(%)

Klebsiella oxytoca

44

100

98

100

98

91

86.4

72.7

63.6

91

98

41

52.3

Klebsiella pneumonia

40

100

100

100

97.5

100

100

95

95

62.5

97.5

52.5

67.5

Citrobacter spp

31

100

100

100

93.5

96.8

93.5

90.3

77.4

100

87.1

35.5

67.7

Enterobacter cloacae

28

100

100

100

93

93

93

71

82

89.3

93

43

68

Citrobacter divursus

24

95.8

87.5

91.7

91.7

83.3

79.2

75

70.8

83.3

79.2

29.2

37.5

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

19

100

100

100

79

89.5

89.5

89.5

89.5

89.5

84.2

5.2

5.2

Providencia rettgeri

10

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

90

90

100

10.0

60

Klebsiella ozaenae

7

100

100

100

85.7

100

100

85.7

85.7

83.3

100

43.0

57

Enterobacter aeruginosa

7

100

100

100

85.7

71.4

71.4

71.4

85.7

100

85.7

57

57

Salmonella C

6

100

100

100

100

100

100

83.3

83.3

100

66.7

0

0

Non Group A streptococcus

4

0

25

0

100

50

0

100

100

75

100

0

0

Staphylococcus aureus

4

100

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

0

25

50

50

Escherichia coli

3

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

33.3

100

66.7

66.7

Acinetobacter spp

2

50

100

50

50

50

50

100

0

50

50

50

50

Shigella flexneri

1

100

100

-

0

-

-

-

-

100

-

0

0

  1. Amp = Ampicillin, Aug = Amoxicillin-clavulanate potassium, Amx = Amoxicillin Caf = Chloramphenicol, Gen = Gentamicin, Cefo = Cefotaxime, TTC = Tetracycline, CTX = Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, Ceft = Ceftriaxone, Dox = Doxycycline, Nrf = Norfloxacin, Cip = Ciprofloxacin