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Table 3 Percentage susceptibility of gram positive pathogens

From: Trends in paediatric and adult bloodstream infections at a Ghanaian referral hospital: a retrospective study

Organisms

Pen

Amp

Amc/cl

Gen

Cef

Ox

Vanc

Ery

Tet

Ctx

Cot

Chl

Staphylococcus epidermidis

     

3/6 (50)

4/4 (100)

     

Staphylococcus aureus

20/293 (6.8)

26/260 (10)

42/60 (70)

170/250 (68)

141/291 (48.5)

226/295 (76.6)

144/144 (100)

111/182 (70)

  

59/242 (24.4)

89/233 (38.2)

Enterococcus sp.

1/38 (2.6)

3/39 (7.7)

    

15/17 (88.2)

 

14/33 (42.4)

   

Streptococcus pyogenes

3/3 (100)

2/2 (100)

2/2 (100)

 

3/3 (100)

 

2/2 (100)

2/2 (100)

 

1/1 (100)

  

Streptococcus viridans

4/45 (8.9)

7/42 (16.6)

5/13 (34.5)

 

16/40 (.4)

 

19/20 (95)

5/20 (25)

 

28/40 (70)

 

4/25 (16)

Streptococcus agalactiae

0/1 (0)

0/1 (0)

  

0/1 (0)

 

0/1 (0)

0/1 (0)

    

Streptococcus pneumoniae

10/31 (32.5)

14/30 (46.7)

10/10 (100)

 

27/39 (69.2)

 

12/12 (100)

16/19 (84.2)

 

32/32 (100)

 

4/19 (21.1)

Streptococcus sp.

3/41 (7.3)

6/42 (14.3)

6/9 (66.7)

 

20/43 (46.5)

 

24/27 (88.9)

15/28 (53.8)

 

12/23 (52.2)

 

12/35 (34.3)

  1. Data not available for blank cells
  2. Pen penicillin, Amp ampicillin, Am/cl amoxicillin clavulanic acid, Gen gentamicin, Cef cefuroxime, Cot cotrimoxazole, Tet tetracycline, Chl chloramphenicol, Ctx cefotaxime, Chl chloramphenicol