Table 2 Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of bacterial strains isolated from suspected cases of neonatal sepsis
Antibiotics | K. pneumonia n = 9 (%) | Acinetobacter spp. n = 7 (%) | Enterobacter spp. n = 6 (%) | P. aeruginosa n = 4 (%) | E. coli n = 4 (%) | Citrobacter spp. n = 1 (%) | S. typhi n = 1 (%) | S. aureus n = 21 (%) | CoNS n = 6 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ampicillin | 0 | 0 | NT | NT | 2 (50) | 0 | 0 | 5 (24) | 1 (17) |
Amoxycillin | 5 (36) | 2 (29) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (100) | 16 (76) | 3 (50) |
Piperacillin | NT | 7 (100) | NT | 4 (100) | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT |
Amikacin | 9 (100) | 4 (57) | 6 (100) | 2 (50) | 4 (100) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 18 (86) | 6 (100) |
Gentamicin | 9 (100) | 3 (43) | 6 (100) | 3 (75) | 4 (100) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 19 (90) | 6 (100) |
Azithromycin | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | 1 (100) | NT | NT |
Cefotaxime | 0 | 3 (43) | 1 (17) | 2 (50) | 2 (50) | 0 | 1 (100) | 12 (57) | 5 (83) |
Ceftazidime | 0 | 1 (14) | 2 (33) | 2 (50) | 2 (50) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | NT | NT |
Ciprofloxacin | 5 (56) | 1 (14) | 1 (17) | 2 (50) | 3 (75) | 0 | 1 (100) | 18 (86) | 1 (17) |
Ofloxacin | 7 (78) | 4 (57) | 5 (83) | 3 (75) | 4 (100) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 19 (90) | 4 (67) |
Cotrimoxazole | 1 (11) | 5 (71) | 5 (83) | 0 | 3 (75) | 0 | 0 | NT | NT |
Erythromycin | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | 9 (43) | 5 (83) |
Meropenem | 9 (100) | NT | 6 (100) | NT | NT | 1 (100) | NT | NT | NT |
Imipenem | 9 (100) | NT | 6 (100) | NT | NT | 1 (100) | NT | NT | NT |