Table 3 Antibiotic susceptibility of blood culture isolates from cancer patients at KBTH
Microorganisms | Resistance to antimicrobial agents (%) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AMP | CRX | AUG | GEN | AMK | CIP | LEV | COT | TET | CTX | CHL | |
Gram negatives (n = 49) | a33/33 (100.0) | a28/36 (77.7) | a4/5 (80.0) | a15/39 (39.5) | 13/38 (34.2) | 7/18 (38.8) | 4/17 (23.5) | a30/33 (90.9) | a28/30 (93.3) | 25/41 (60.9) | 25/29 (86.2) |
Enterobacteriaceae (n = 32) | 28/28 (100.0) | 23/29 (79.3) | 3/4 (75.0) | 9/24 (42.8) | 9/31 (29.0) | 7/11 (63.6) | 2/8 (40.0) | 25/28 (89.9) | 24/25 (96.0) | 20/32 (62.5) | 20/23 (86.9) |
Escherichia coli (n = 8) | 7/7 (100.0) | 4/5 (80.0) | 1/1 (100) | 3/8 (37.5) | 4/7 (57.1) | 4/5 (80.0) | 0/2 (0.0) | 6/6 (100) | 5/6 (83.3) | 4/8 (50.0) | 6/6 (100) |
K. pneumoniae (n = 3) | 3/3 (100.0) | 2/3 (66.7) | – | 2/3 (66.7) | 0/3 (0.0) | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0.0) | 3/3 (100) | 3/3 (100) | 3/3 (100) | 3/3 (100) |
Citrobacter species (n = 12) | 9/9 (100.0) | 9/12 (75.0) | 0/1 (0.0) | 4/12 (33.3) | 3/12 (25.0) | 0/1 (0.0) | 1/3 (33.3) | 8/11 (72.7) | 10/10 (100) | 7/12 (63.6) | 7/10 (70.0) |
Enterobacter species (n = 7) | 7/7 (100.0) | 7/7 (100.0) | 2/2 (100.0) | – | 2/7 (28.7) | 2/4 (50.0) | 1/2 (50.0) | 6/6 (100) | 5/5 (100) | 6/7 (85.7) | 4/4 (100) |
Providencia species (n = 1) | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0.0) | – | 0/1 (0.0) | 0/1 (0.0) | – | – | 1/1 (100) | – | 0/1 (0.0) | – |
Salmonella typhimurium (n = 1) | 1/1 (100) | 1/1 (100) | – | – | 0/1 (0.0) | – | – | 1/1 (100) | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0.0) | – |
Acinetobacter species (n = 7) | 5/5 (100.0) | 5/7 (71.4) | 1/1 (100) | 6/7 (85.7) | 4/7 (57.1) | 0/1 (0.0) | 2/3 (66.7) | 5/5 (100) | 5/5 (100) | 5/7 (71.4) | 5/6 (83.3) |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n = 10) | – | – | – | 0/8 (0.0) | – | 0/6 (0.0) | 0/6 (0.0) | – | – | – | – |
AMP | CRX | AUG | GEN | ERY | CLO | VAN | COT | TET | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gram positives (n = 40) | b10/37 (27.7) | b10/39 (25.6) | a2/3 (66.7) | b6/36 (16.7) | 3/34 (8.8) | 0/4 (0.0) | 4/32 (12.5) | b2/12 (16.6) | b2/5 (40.0) |
Enterococcus species (n = 2) | 1/1 (100.0) | 1/1 (100.0) | – | 2/2 (100.0) | 1/1 (100) | – | 0/1 (0.0) | – | 0/1 (0.0) |
Staphylococcus aureus (n = 4) | 3/3 (100.0) | 2/4 (50.0) | 0/1 (0.0) | 0/4 (0.0) | 1/3 (33.3) | 0/4 (0.0) | 0/1 (0.0) | 1/1 (100) | 2/3 (66.7) |
Staphylococcus epidermidis (n = 28) | 2/28 (7.1) | 2/28 (7.1) | – | 2/28 (7.1) | 1/28 (3.5) | – | 2/28 (7.1) | 1/10 (10.0) | 0/1 (0.0) |
Streptococcus species (n = 6) | 4/5 (80.0) | 5/6 (83.3) | 2/2 (100) | 2/2 (100.0) | 0/2 (0.0) | – | 2/2 (100) | – | – |