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Table 3 Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of meningitis pathogens

From: Aetiological agents of cerebrospinal meningitis: a retrospective study from a teaching hospital in Ghana

 

Percentage Sensitivity %(n/N)

Antibiotic

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Neisseria meningitidis

Haemophilus influenzae

Salmonella species

Pseudomonas species

E. coli

Others b

Penicillin

98.9 (89/90)

100.0 (3/3)

0(0/1)

---

--

--

57.1 (4/7)

Chloramphenicol

83.0 (73/88)

100.0 (2/2)

100.0 (1/1)

25.0 (1/4)

--

66.7 (2/3)

77.8 (7/9)

Ceftriaxone

100.0 (86/86)

100.0 (2/2)

100.0 (1/1)

100.0 (3/3)

100.0 (2/2)

100.0 (3/3)

83.3 (5/6)

Cefotaxime

100.0 (16/16)

100.0 (2/2)

--

100.0 (3/3)

--

66.7 (2/3)

50.0 (2/4)

Septrin

--

--

--

0 (0/4)

--

0 (0/3)

14.3 (1/7)

Ampicillin

--

--

0(0/1)

0 (0/3)

--

0 (0/4)

14.3 (1/7)

Gentamycin

--

--

--

100 (2/2)

50 (1/2)

50.0 (1/2)

60.0 (3/5)

Ceftazidime

--

--

--

0 (0/1)

0 (0/2)

--

--

Amikacin

--

--

--

100.0 (2/2)

50 (1/2)

100 (3/3)

100.0 (3/3)

  1. Othersb: This represents the cumulative percentage of the following organisms: Klebsiella species, Enterobacter species, Staphylococcus aureus, Coagulase negative staphylococcus and Coliforms. Pseudomonas species includes Pseudomonas aeruginosa organisms. Antibiotics were not tested against all organisms with dash (--).