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Table 4 Multi-drug resistance profile of bacterial isolates from women suspected of puerperal sepsis at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, 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 pathogens

Patterns of drug resistance

Total MDR (%)

R0 (%)

R1 (%)

R2 (%)

R3 (%)

R4 (%)

R5 (%)

R6 (%)

R7 (%)

S. aureus (n = 19)

0

3 (15.8)

6 (31.6)

1 (5.3)

1 (5.3)

1 (5.3)

1 (5.3)

6 (31.6)

10 (52.6)

CoNS (n = 4)

0

0

0

0

1 (25)

0

0

3 (75)

4 (100)

E. coli (n = 18)

0

0

0

8 (44.4)

3 (16.6)

0

1 (5.5)

6 (33.4)

18 (100)

K.pnuemonaie (n = 7)

0

0

0

3 (42.9)

0

0

0

4 (57.1)

7 (100)

A.baumannii (n = 6)

0

0

0

0

1 (16.6)

1 (16.6)

0

4 (66.7)

6 (100)

R.orinthinolytica (n = 2)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2 (100)

2 (100)

Total (n = 56)

0

3 (5.4)

6 (10.7)

12 (21.4)

5 (8.9)

2 (3.6)

2 (3.6)

22 (39.3)

47 (84)

  1. Key: R0: susceptible to all antimicrobials; R1–7: resistance to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 antimicrobials