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Table 3 Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Gram-negative bacteria isolated from women suspected of puerperal sepsis at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017

From: Proportion of bacterial isolates, their antimicrobial susceptibility profile and factors associated with puerperal sepsis among post-partum/aborted women at a referral Hospital in Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia

Bacterial isolates

Resistance rate, N (%)

SXT

AMC

TE

CIP

GEN

CRO

CZN

AMP

CAZ

CAF

E.coli (n = 18)

6 (33.3)

7 (38.8)

18 (100)

0

0

7 (38.8)

10 (55.5)

1 8 (100)

6 (33.3)

2 (11.1)

K.pneumoniae (n = 7)

3 (42.8)

4 (57.1)

7 (100)

4 (57.1)

3 (42.8)

4 (57.1)

7 (100)

7 (100)

4 (57.1)

3 (42.8)

A.baumannii (n = 6)

6 (100)

5 (83.3)

6 (100)

2 (33.3)

2 (33.3)

3 (50)

5 (83.3)

6 (100)

3 (50)

2 (33.3)

R.orinthinolytica (n = 2)

1 (50)

2 (100)

0

2 (100)

2 (100)

2 (100)

2 (100)

2 (100)

2 (100)

2 (100)

Total = 33

16 (48.5)

18 (54.5)

31 (93.9)

8 (24.2)

7 (21.2)

16 (48.5))

24 (72.7)

33 (100)

15 (45.5)

9 (27.2)

  1. SXT Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole, AMC Amoxicillin-clavulanate, TE Tetracycline, Amp Ampicillin, CIP Ciprofloxacin, GEN Gentamicin, CRO Ceftriaxone, CAZ Ceftazidam and CAF Chloramphenicol