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Table 1 Drug resistance patterns of Gram positive isolates

From: Spectrum and antibiogram of bacteria isolated from patients presenting with infected wounds in a Tertiary Hospital, northern Tanzania

Antibiotics

Gram positive isolate (%)

S. aureus (n = 23)

CNS (n = 7)

Enterococcus spp. (n = 18)

Amoxicillin

61.9a

33.3a

35.7a

Amoxicillin–clavulanate

NT

57.1

47.1

Ceftriaxone

21.7

33.3a

NT

Ciprofloxacin

4.3

0.0a

31.3a

Gentamycin

17.4

0.0

NT

Clindamycin

14.3a

0.0

NT

Erythromycin

45.0a

42.9

42.9a

  1. NT, not tested; CNS, Coagulase negative Staphylococcus
  2. aNot all bacteria were tested against a particular drug