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Table 4 Antibiotic susceptibility profiles of the Gram-positive MDR ESKAPEE bacterial pathogens

From: Environmental contamination across multiple hospital departments with multidrug-resistant bacteria pose an elevated risk of healthcare-associated infections in Kenyan hospitals

Antimicrobial agent

MRSA, n = 5 (%)

E. faecium and E. faecalis, n = 2 (%)

 

NS

S

NS

S

Cefoxitin

5 (100)

0

nd

nd

Penicillin

5 (100)

0

nd

nd

Oxacillin

5 (100)

0

nd

nd

Erythromycin

5 (100)

0

2 (100)

0

Gentamycin

5 (100)

0

nd

nd

Clindamycin

5 (100)

0

nd

nd

Linezolid

0

5/5 (100)

0

2 (100)

Levofloxacin

4 (80)

1/5 (20.0)

2 (100)

0

Moxifloxacin

4 (80)

1/5 (20.0)

ND

nd

Tetracycline

3 (60)

2/5 (40.0)

2 (100)

0

Tigecycline

0

5/5 (100)

0

2 (100)

Nitrofurantoin

0

5/5 (100)

2 (100)

0

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

5 (100)

0

nd

nd

Teicoplanin

0

5/5 (100)

0

2 (100)

Vancomycin

0

5/5 (100)

0

2 (100)

Fusidic Acid

0

5/5 (100)

nd

nd

  1. Abbreviations: NS, non-susceptible (Resistant or Intermediate); S, Susceptible; nd, antimicrobial sensitivity testing not done; MRSA Methicillin resistant S. aureus