Table 3 Resistance patterns of commonly isolated organisms from the internal medicine ward*
Organism | No. of specimens resistant/ No. of specimens tested (% resistant) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ampicillin | Cotrimoxazole | Chloramphenicol | Gentamicin | Ciprofloxacin | Norfloxacin | Erythromycin | Co-amoxiclav | C. Penicillin | |
H. influenzae | 3/13 (23) | 2/3 (66) | 2/11 (18.2) | nt | nt | nt | 5/7 (71.4) | 1/10 (10) | nt |
E. coli | 5/7 (71) | 5/9 (55) | 2/2 (100) | 4/9 (44) | 5/9 (55) | 4/8 (50) | nt | 7/8 (87) | nt |
K. pneumoniae | 1/6 (17) | 4/9 (44) | nt | 1/10(10) | nt | nt | nt | 2/3 (66) | 1/1 (100) |
S. aureus | 2/5 (40) | 2/2 (100) | 1/1 (100) | 2/8 (25) | 2/8 (25) | nt | nt | 4/5 (80) | 2/2 (100) |
S. pneumoniae | nt | 4/8 (50) | 2/5 (40) | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt |
S. paratyphi | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt | nt |
Acinetobacter | nt | nt | nt | nt | 1/2 (50) | 1/1 (100) | nt | nt | 1/1 (100) |