Table 1 Microbial agents and resistance pattern of culture positive cases (n = 142)
Organism | n | % | Sensitive to | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Methicillin | Vancomycin | |||
Staphylococcus spp. | 58 | 40.8 | ||
Staphylococcus aureus spp. | 48 | 33.8 | ||
MSSA | 44 | 31.0 | 44 | – |
MRSA | 4 | 2.8 | 0 | 4 |
MRCoNS | 10 | 7.0 | 0 | 10 |
Penicillin | Vancomycin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Streptococcus spp. | 51 | 35.9 | ||
Viridans group | 41 | 28.9 | 40 | – |
Strep. mutans | 3 | 2.1 | 3 | – |
Strep. godonii | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | – |
Strep. oralis | 3 | 2.1 | 3 | – |
Strep. mitis | 8 | 5.6 | 7 | 1 |
Strep. sangunis | 6 | 4.2 | 6 | – |
Strep. angiosus | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | – |
Strep viridans-NOS | 15 | 10.6 | 15 | – |
Other streptococcus | 10 | 7.0 | 10 | – |
Ampicillin | Cephalosporin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
HACEK group | 11 | 7.7 | ||
Haemophilus parainfluenza | 5 | 3.5 | 2 | 5 |
Haemophilus influenza | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 1 |
Haemophilus aphrophilus | 2 | 1.4 | 0 | 2 |
Cardiobacterium species | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 |
Aggregatibacter species | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 |
Eikenella species | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 |
Ampicillin | Vancomycin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Enterococcus group | 13 | 9.2 | ||
Enterococcus faecalis | 5 | 3.5 | 2 | 3 |
Other Enterococcus spp. | 8 | 5.6 | 7 | 1 |
Enterococcus sp. NOS | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
Enterococcus gallinarum | 1 | 1 | – | |
Enterobacter sp. | 1 | Gentamycin/Ciprofloxacillin | 1 | |
Fungal | 3 | 2.1 | ||
Candida parapsilosis | 1 | Caspofungin | ||
Aureobasidium species | 1 | Amphotericin | ||
Candida tropicalis | 1 | Fluconazole, Voriconazole | ||
Other GPB | 3 | 2.1 | ||
Propionibacterium acnes | 1 | Penicillin, Ampicillin, Erythromycin. | ||
Abiotrophia defectiva | 1 | Penicillin, Cephalosporin. | ||
Corynebacterium | 1 | Vancomycin | ||
Other GNB | 3 | 2.1 | ||
E. coli | 1 | Ampicillin, Cephalosporin, Ciprofloxacin | ||
Klebsiella pneumonia | 1 | Penicillin, Cephalosporin | ||
Providencia sp. | 1 | Ampicillin, Cephalosporin, Gentamycin, Bactrim | ||