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Table 3 Antimicrobial resistance pattern of Gram-positive bacteria isolated from patients diagnosed with surgical site infection in Ethiopia: a multicenter prospective cross-sectional study 2022

From: Bacterial profile of surgical site infection and antimicrobial resistance patterns in Ethiopia: a multicentre prospective cross-sectional study

Gram-positive isolates

(%) of resistance to antimicrobial agents

 

P

AMP

E

TE

FOX

OXA

DOX

SXT

CPR

CN

CHL

DC

V

MDR%

S. aureus (n = 153)

90.2

76.5

43.7

43

20

20

23.8

24.2

20

12.4

10.6

7.8

0

100

Other staphylococcus spp.

              

S. epidermidis (n = 8)

75

75

37.5

62.5

12.5

12.5

25

25

25

25

12.5

12.5

0

73.9

Staphylococcus sciuri (n = 6)

100

100

50

50

100

100

50

50

33

33

33

25

0

 

Staphylococcus hominins (n = 4)

75

75

75

50

25

25

50

50

0

75

25

25

0

 

Staphylococcus haemolyticus (n = 3)

100

67

67

67

33

33

67

33

0

67

67

67

33

 

Staphylococcus warneri (n = 2)

100

100

100

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

NA

0

 

Total (n = 176)

88.6

77.3

45.5

44.9

22.7

22.7

26.7

24.4

20.5

16.5

17.6

9.7

0

96.6

Entrococcus faecalis (n = 12)

NA

66.7

66.7

75

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

66.7

NA

NA

 

Enterococcus faecium (n = 8):

NA

75

100

75

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

75

NA

NA

 

Enterococcus gallinarum (n = 3)

NA

100

NA

67

NA

NA

NA

33

NA

NA

67

NA

NA

 

Enterococcus hirae (n = 2)

NA

50

50

50

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

50

NA

NA

 

Enterococcus durans (n = 2)

NA

100

50

50

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

50

NA

NA

 

Total (n = 27)

NA

70.4

66.7

59.3

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

66.7

NA

NA

 

Other gram positives

              

Aerococcus viridans (n = 3)

100

100

67

33

NA

NA

NA

67

100

67

67

NA

NA

 

Bacillus flexus (n = 1)

NA

100

100

100

NA

NA

NA

0

100

0

0

NA

NA

 

Paenibacillus tylopili (n = 1)

NA

100

100

100

NA

NA

NA

100

100

0

0

NA

NA

 

Total (n = 5)

20

60

80

60

NA

NA

NA

80

100

40

40

NA

NA

 
  1. P Pencillin, AMP Ampicillin, E Erytromycin, TE Tetracycline, FOX: Cefoxitin, OXA Oxacillin, DOX Doxycycline, SXT Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole, CPR Ciprofloxacin, CN Gentamicin, CHL Chloramphenicol, DC Clindamycin, V Vancomycin, NA not applicable, MDR Multidrug resistance