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Table 3 Antimicrobial resistance patterns of Enterococcus species isolated from clinical samples of pediatric patients in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, April to September, 2016

From: Prevalence and phenotypic characterization of Enterococcus species isolated from clinical samples of pediatric patients in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, south west Ethiopia

Antimicrobial agents

No. (%) of resistant isolates

Ampicillin

12 (54.5)

Penicillin

14 (63.6)

Vancomycin

5 (22.7)

Erythromycin

14 (63.6)

Tetracycline

17 (77.3)

Ciprofloxacin

8 (36.4)

Chloramphenicol

14 (63.6)

Norfloxacina

7 (87.5)a

  1. No significant association was found between virulence factors and resistance pattern of the isolated Enterococci species to an antibiotic (Y > 0.05) (Additional file 2)
  2. aTested only for urinary isolates (n = 8)
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