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Table 3 Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Gram-positive bacteria isolated from asymptomatic primary school children at Debre Berhan town, North Shewa Ethiopia, February 1 to April 30, 2021

From: Asymptomatic nasopharyngeal bacterial carriage, multi-drug resistance pattern and associated factors among primary school children at Debre Berhan town, North Shewa, Ethiopia

Gram negative bacterial isolates

Antimicrobials tested

AZM N (%)

SXT N (%)

CLM N (%)

DOX N (%)

E N (%)

GM N (%)

CD N (%)

NIT N (%)

C N (%)

TET N (%)

FOX N (%)

S. aureus (73)

S

45 (61.6)

18 (24.7)

41 (56.2)

8 (11)

39 (53.4)

37 (50.7)

48 (65.8)

26 (31.8)

28 (38.4)

8 (11)

15 (20.5)

R

28 (39.4)

55 (55.3)

32 (43.8)

65 (89)

34 (46.6)

36 (49.3)

25 (34.2)

49 (67.2)

45 (61.2)

65 (89)

58 (79.5)

CoNS (20)

S

12 (60)

6 (30)

13 (65)

5 (25)

11 (55)

13 (65)

11 (55)

5 (75)

5 (75)

2 (10)

–

R

8 (40)

14 (70)

7 (35)

15 (75)

9 (45)

7 (35)

9 (45)

15 (75)

15 (75)

18 (90)

–

S. pyogens (10)

S

9 (900)

–

6 (60)

–

6 (66.7)

–

9 (90)

–

5 (66.7)

6 (60)

–

R

1 (10.0)

–

4 (40)

–

4 (33.3)

–

1 (10.)

–

5 (33.3)

4 (40)

–

Total (103)

S

66 (64.1)

24 (40.4)

60 (57.3)

30 (31.9)

56 (51.5)

50 (53.2)

68 (65)

31 (33)

33 (32)

17 (15.5)

15 (20.5)

R

38 (35.9)

69 (74.2)

44 (42.7)

80 (86)

50 (48.5)

44 (46.8)

36 (35)

63 (67)

70 (68)

87 (84.5)

58 (79.5)

  1. AZM azithromycin, CIP ciprofloxacin, CRO ceftriaxone, GM gentamicin, SXT trimethoprim-Sulphamethoxazole, CLM clarithromycin, AMP ampicillin, DOX doxycycline, E erythromycin, C chloramphenicol, TET tetracycline, FOX cefoxitin, NIT nitrofurantoin, CD clindamycin