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Table 4 WHONET isolate alerts summary

From: Utilising cumulative antibiogram data to enhance antibiotic stewardship capacity in the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Rule number

Organisms

Alert

Number of isolates

Priority

Quality control

Important species

Important resistance

Infection control

23

Enterobacteriaceae

Amikacin = Non-susceptible

70

Medium

 − 

 − 

 + 

 − 

24

Enterobacteriaceae

Aminoglycosides = Discordant results

11

Medium

 + 

 − 

 − 

 − 

26

Enterobacteriaceae

Cephems = Discordant results

34

Medium

 + 

 − 

 − 

 − 

30

Enterobacteriaceae

Possible ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae

438

Medium

 − 

 − 

 + 

 + 

71

Proteus sp.

Nitrofurantoin = Susceptible

2

Medium

 + 

 − 

 − 

 − 

78

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Aminoglycosides = Discordant results

1

Medium

 + 

 − 

 − 

 − 

85

Salmonella sp.

Cephalosporin III = Non-susceptible

1

High

 − 

 − 

 + 

 + 

87

Salmonella sp.

Fluoroquinolones = Non-susceptible

1

High

 − 

 − 

 + 

 + 

88

Salmonella sp.

Important species

1

Medium

 − 

 + 

 − 

 + 

101

Staphylococcus sp.

Linezolid = Non-susceptible

46

High

 − 

 − 

 + 

 + 

109

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Beta-lactams = Tested by disc diffusion

3

Medium

 + 

 − 

 − 

 − 

116

Streptococcus sp.

Linezolid = Non-susceptible

4

High

 − 

 − 

 + 

 + 

119

Streptococcus viridans

Penicillin or Ampicillin = Non-susceptible

1

Medium

 − 

 − 

 + 

 − 

121

Streptococcus, beta-haemolytic

Cephalosporin III = Non-susceptible

1

High

 − 

 − 

 + 

 + 

  1. “ + ” represents a positive alert whereas “ − “ represents no alert for each rule