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Table 4 Antibiogram of epidemiologically Gram positive blood culture isolates

From: Prevalence of antimicrobial resistant pathogens from blood cultures: results from a laboratory based nationwide surveillance in Ghana

Antimicrobial agent

Staph aureus (n = 34)

CNS (n = 9)

S. pneumoniae (n = 6)

n, % resistance

n, % resistance

n, % resistance

Penicillin

26 (23.1)

6 (0)

6 (0)

Ampicillin

30 (100)

8 (100)

6 (0)

Cloxacillin

14 (100)

4 (0)

ND

Flucloxacillin

17 (14.3)

1 (0)

ND

Augmentin

12 (75)

ND

ND

Cefuroxime

26 (53.8)

6 (16.7)

ND

Cefotaxime

14 (71.4)

8 (62.5)

ND

Gentamicin

30 (30)

8 (25)

6 (16.7)

Ciprofloxacin

29 (34.5)

8 (62.5)

6 (50)

Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole

30 (70)

8 (100)

6 (0)

Erythromycin

5 (64)

8 (83.3

6 (66.7)

Tetracycline

31 (77.5)

8 (100)

6 (83.3)

Vancomycin

15 (0)

ND

2 (0)

  1. CNS Coagulase negative Staphylococcus, ND indicates not done