Table 2 Antimicrobial resistance profile of frequently isolated Gram-positive bacteria, Ethiopia

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

1272 (44)

300 (40)

54 (57)

1 (11)

439 (51)

24 (26)

Amoxicillin

706 (69)

11 (23)

10 (24)

1 (50)

233 (57)

16 (33)

Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid

259 (26)

20 (65)

21 (33)

101 (23)

19 (54)

Ampicillin

1267 (70)

112 (38)

40 (48)

20 (9)

358 (57)

103 (55)

Azithromycin

87 (47)

7 (28)

26 (15)

88 (48)

20 (80)

Cefixime

11 (26)

1 (50)

3 (23)

Cefotaxime

120 (41)

2 (100)

14 (34)

30 (34)

10 (40)

Cefoxitin

349 (27)

1 (8)

2 (12)

113 (29)

Ceftazidime

145 (41)

1 (13)

1 (10)

62 (37)

2 (100)

Ceftriaxone

514 (32)

40 (10)

26 (26)

59 (28)

238 (31)

12 (19)

Cefuroxime

74 (26)

1 (11)

11 (48)

6 (46)

Cephalexin

19 (66)

3 (38)

8 (67)

2 (12)

Cephalothin

299 (41)

16 (15)

Chloramphenicol

968 (40)

132 (18)

21 (29)

28 (12)

277 (42)

53 (30)

Ciprofloxacin

479 (20)

32 (10)

12 (14)

24 (13)

192 (21)

55 (33)

Clarithromycin

50 (70)

66 (79)

Clindamycin

403 (25)

6 (21)

16 (25)

61 (24)

88 (18)

9 (27)

Cloxacillin

397 (78)

1 (33)

44 (66)

Doxycycline

268 (38)

26 (26)

15 (37)

122 (31)

30 (64)

Erythromycin

1292 (45)

155 (23)

23 (22)

51 (20)

286 (39)

52 (37)

Gentamicin

813 (29)

58 (27)

19 (25)

1 (50)

210 (26)

49 (26)

Methicillin

78 (35)

1 (14)

30 (28)

1 (50)

Nalidixic acid

31 (45)

1 (50)

25 (33)

2 (22)

Nitrofurantoin

72 (22)

2 (17)

43 (20)

8 (20)

Norfloxacin

232 (26)

16 (33)

9 (23)

1 (50)

77 (19)

17 (28)

Oxacillin

361 (47)

88 (28)

1 (7)

78 (35)

13 (69)

Penicillin

1960 (82)

101 (25)

24 (24)

43 (17)

331 (55)

46 (43)

Tetracycline

1348 (53)

308 (41)

32 (43)

168 (71)

322 (47)

101 (61)

Tobramycin

26 (29)

3 (16)

7 (30)

Vancomycin

208 (20)

35 (14)

26 (10)

10 (8)

Range (%)

20–89

0–100

0–57

0–71

10–79

0–100

Average resistance (%)

42

24

22

23

37

37