Table 8 Antimicrobial resistance patterns of multidrug resistant bacterial pathogens isolated from wound swab cultures among patients with DBW attending PET centers in Uganda

Staphylococcus aureus*

103 (25.4)

56 (13.8)

11 (2.7)

24 (5.8)

12 (2.9)

Staphylococcus intermedius*

30 (7.4)

2 (6.7)

15 (3.7)

13 (3.2)

0 (0.0)

Streptococuss canis*

18 (4.4)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.5)

10 (2.5)

6 (1.5)

Streptococuss pyogenes*

29 (7.1)

2 (0.5)

14 (3.5)

12 (2.9)

1 (0.3)

Bacillus spp*

11 (2.7)

2 (0.5)

3 (0.7)

4 (1.0)

2 (0.5)

Enterococcus feacalis*

19 (4.7)

4 (1.0)

9 (2.2)

2 (0.5)

4 (1.0)

Enterococcus faecium

2 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

Corynebacterium spp

33 (8.1)

18 (4.4)

9 (2.2)

6 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

Lactobacillus spp*

31 (7.6)

9 (2.2)

8 (1.9)

4 (1.0)

10 (2.5)

Lactococcus spp*

23 (5.6)

7 (1.8)

6 (1.5)

6 (1.5)

4 (1.0)

Total MDR isolates

82 (20.2)

39 (9.6)

Gram negative (n = 362)

Proteus vulgaris

2 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

Proteus mirabilis

7 (1.9)

2 (0.6)

1 (0.3)

2 (0.6)

2 (0.6)

Pseudomonas alcaligenes

2 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.6)

Other pseudomonas

11 (3.0)

4 (1.1)

3 (0.8)

2 (0.6)

2 (0.6)

Klebsiella pneumonae

11 (3.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.8)

4 (1.1)

4 (1.1)

Klebsiella oxytoca

6 (1.7)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

4 (1.1)

Acinetobacter spp

3 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

Moellerella wisconsensis

5 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

1 (0.3)

3 (0.8)

Capnocytophaga canimorsus

36 (9.9)

3 (0.8)

8 (2.2)

11 (3.0)

14 (3.9)

Bergeyella zoohelcum

3 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.8)

Citrobacter werkmanii

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

Citrobacter freundii

2 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.6)

Enterobacter asburiae

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

Other enterobacter spp

13 (3.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

6 (1.7)

7 (1.9)

Bacteriodes spp

34 (9.4)

5 (1.4)

4 (1.1)

25 (6.9)

0 (0.0)

Total MDR isolates

58 (16.0)

47 (12.9)