Susceptibility of bacterial etiological agents to commonly-used antimicrobial agents in children with sepsis at the Tamale Teaching Hospital

Table 2 Bacterial isolates and susceptibility patterns among study population

		GEN	CRX	CHLO	CTR	CTX	AMP	TET	COT	PEN	FLX	ERY
Bacteria isolates	N	n(%)	n(%)	n(%)	n(%)	n(%)	n(%)	n(%)	n(%)	n(%)	n(%)	n(%)
Salmonella spp	8	-	-	5(62.5)	8(100.0)	8(100.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	-	-	-
Klebsiella spp	12	4(33.3)	1(8.3)	5(41.7)	11(91.7)	11(91.7)	0(0.0)	1(8.3)	0(0.0)	-	-	-
Escherichia coli	6	4(66.7)	4(66.7)	2(33.3)	4(66.7)	4(66.7)	2(33.3)	1(16.7)	2(33.3)	-	-	-
Acinetobacter spp	2	2(100.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	2(100)	2(100.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	-	-	-
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	3	1(33.3)	-	-	1(33.3)	1(33.3)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coagulase negative Staphylococci	25	18(72.0)	14(56.0)	-	-	-	1(4.0)	6(24.0)	5(20.0)	1(4.0)	10(40.0)	13(52.0)
Coagulase positive Staphylococci	28	12(42.9)	16(57.1)	-	-	-	1(3.6)	2(25)	2(7.1)	1(3.6)	8(28.6)	10(35.7)

GEN –Gentamicin, CRX-Cefuroxime, CHLO-Chloramphenicol, CTR-Ceftriaxone, CTX- Cefotaxime, AMP-Ampicillin, TET- Tetracycline, COT-Cotrimoxazole, PEN- Penicillin, FLX-Flucloxacillin, ERY- Erythromycin, (-) – Not done, Salmonella spp= Salmonella spp and Salmonella typhi, Klebsiella spp = Klebsiella spp and Klebsiella pneumoniae.

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