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Table 5 Antibiogram of bacteria isolated from patients with infected wounds at JUSH, Jimma, May-September, 2013

From: Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of bacterial isolates from wound infection and their sensitivity to alternative topical agents at Jimma University Specialized Hospital, South-West Ethiopia

Antibiogram

No. (%) of resistance

Organism

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

R8

Gram positive

15 (32)

8 (17)

4 (8.5)

1 (2.1)

2 (4.3)

1 (2.1)

0

S.aures (n = 47)

       

CONS (n = 21)

5 (24)

3 (14.3)

4 (19)

1 (4.8)

0

3 (14.3)

1 (4.8)

Total (n = 68)

20 (29.4)

11 (16.2)

8 (12)

2 (3)

2 (3)

4 (6)

1 (1.5)

Gram negative

2 (7)

5 (17.2)

4 (14)

3 (10.3)

2 (7)

8 (28)

5 (17.2)

E.coli (n = 29)

       

Proteus Spp (n = 23)

6 (26.1)

5 (22)

3 (13)

0

3 (13)

4 (17.4)

1 (4.3)

K.pneumoniae (n = 14)

1 (7.1)

0

0

3 (21.4)

4 (29)

2 (14.3)

3 (21.4)

P.aeruginosa (n = 11)

1 (9.1)

0

2 (18.2)

2 (18.2)

3 (27.3)

3 (27.3)

0

Total (n = 77)

10 (13)

10 (13)

9 (12)

8 (10.4)

12 (16)

17 (22.1)

9 (12)

  1. R2-R8 = number of antimicrobial class in which a given isolate was resistant.