Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Table 3 Antimicrobial drugs resistance pattern of bacteria isolated from leprosy ulcers

From: Leprosy ulcers in a rural hospital of Ethiopia: pattern of aerobic bacterial isolates and drug sensitivities

Drugs no [%] resistance to
Bacteria	AMP	AMX	AMC	CRO	FOX	FOS	GM	E	C	TE	CIP	SXT	DO	CC	VA	RI	P	OX
S. aureus [n = 15]	12 [80]	15 [100]	4 [26.7]	6 [40]	3 [20.0]	3 [20.0]	0 [0]	4 [26.7]	3 [20.0]	2 [13.3]	3 [20.0]	4 [26.7]	0	3 [20]	0	0	12 [80]	3 [20]
Streptococcus spp [n = 2]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1 [50.0]	-	-	-	1 [50.0]	-	-	-	-	0	-
E. faecalis[n = 1]	0 [0]	0 [0]	0 [0]	1 [100]	1 [100]	0 [0]	1 [100]				1 [100]	0 [0]	-	-	0	0	0	1 [100]
Proteus spp.[n = 25]	17 [68.0]	13 [52.0]	5 [20.0]	2 [8.0]	3 [12.0]	4 [16.0]	8 [32.0]	12 [48.0]	9 [36.0]	24 [96.0]	8 [32.0]	14 [56.0]	7 [28.0]
E. coli [n = 17]	12 [70.6]	11 [64.7]	1 [5.9]	1 [5.9]	2 [11.8]	3 [17.6]	2 [11.8]	7 [41.2]	6 [35.3]	7 [41.2]	5 [29.4]	10 [58.8]	5 [29.4]
Others* [n = 7]	7 [100]	6 [85.7]	5 [71.4]	4 [57.1]	5 [71.4]	4 [57.1]	2 [28.6]	6 [85.7]	5 [71.4]	5 [71.4]	1 [14.3]	4 [57.1]	4 [57.1]
Total Enterobacteriaceas [n = 49]	36 [73.5]	30 [61.2]	11 [22.4]	7 [14.3]	10 [20.44]	11 [22.4]	12 [24.5]	25 [51.0]	20 [40.8]	36 [73.5]	14 [28.6]	28 [57.1]	16 [32.7]
P. aeruginosa[n = 8]	8 [100]	8 [100]	8 [100]	7 [87.5]	6 [75.0]	4 [50.0]	2 [25.0]	8 [100]	4 [50.0]	8 [100]	3 [37.5]	8 [100]	8 [100]

Key: OX = Oxacillin, FOX = Cefoxitin, AMC: Amoxicillin clavulanic acid, E = Erythromycin, CC = Clindamycin, AMP = Ampicillin, AMX; Amoxicilin; P = Penicillin, TE = Tetracycline, DO = Doxycycline, CRO = Ceftriaxone, SXT = Co-trimoxazole, GN = Gentamycin, VA = Vancomycin, CIP = Ciprofloxacin, C = Chloramphenicol, RI: Rifampicin, FOS: Fosfomicyn. *Klebsiella pneumoniae [n = 2], Enterobacter cloacae [n = 2], Morganella morganiii [n = 2] and Providentia rettgeri [n = 1].

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