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Table 4 Antimicrobial resistance profiles of Gram negative bacteria isolates from various site of infections among patients at Debre Markos Referral Hospital (2011–2014)

From: Bacterial agents and antibiotic resistance profiles of infections from different sites that occurred among patients at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Antimicrobials

E. coli

P. aeruginosa

Salmonella spp.

Shigella spp.

N. gonorrhoeae

Total

# T

%R

# T

%R

# T

%R

# T

%R

# T

%R

# T

%R

Ampicillin

21

7 (33.3)

20

13 (65)

22

22 (100)

8

8 (100)

ND

ND

71

50 (70.4)

Gentamycin

23

16 (69.6)

16

14 (87.5)

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

39

30 (76.9)

Ceftriaxone

30

1 (3.3)

25

0

20

9 (45)

6

3 (50)

13

5 (35.8)

94

18 (19.1)

Doxycycline

8

6 (75)

14

2 (14.3)

14

9 (64.3)

6

5 (83.3)

7

5 (71.4)

49

27 (55.1)

Norfloxacin

26

6 (23.1)

20

0

23

11 (47.8)

5

5 (100)

5

5 (100)

79

27 (34.2)

Ciprofloxacin

22

4 (18.2)

17

6 (35.3)

16

4 (25)

3

0

8

8 (100)

66

19 (28.8)

Chloramphenicol

23

3 (13)

13

3 (23.1)

18

4 (22.2)

6

6 (100)

5

5 (100)

65

21 (32.3)

Cotrimoxazole

9

1 (11.1)

8

4 (50)

11

8 (72.7)

4

4 (100)

ND

ND

32

17 (53.1)

Amoxicillin

4

1 (25)

3

1 (33.3)

9

8 (88.9)

ND

ND

1

0

17

10 (58.8)

Tetracycline

12

9 (75)

7

4 (57.1)

1

0

1

1 (100)

8

8 (100)

29

22 (75.9)

Erythromycin

1

0

4

2 (50)

2

2 (100)

1

1 (100)

ND

ND

8

5 (62.5)

Cloxacillin

2

0

2

0

3

0

1

1 (100)

1

0

9

0

Total

181

54 (29.8)

149

49 (32.9)

139

77 (55.4)

41

33 (80.5)

48

33 (68.8)

558

44.8

  1. # T number of isolates tested against each antimicrobial agent, R% percent of isolates resistance to antimicrobial agent, ND not done