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Table 2 Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of S. pneumoniae, isolated from 477 study participants recruited from Kindergarten at selected woreda in Arsi Zone, February, 2017 to June, 2017

From: Prevalence and risk factors of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage in healthy children attending kindergarten, in district of Arsi Zone, South East, Ethiopia

Antimicrobials

S. pneumoniae (n = 88)

Susceptible

Intermediate

Resistant

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Amoxicillin

68 (77.3)

2 (2.3)

18 (20.4)

Augmentin

87 (98.9)

0 (00)

1 (1.1)

Ciprofloxacin

78 (88.6)

7 (8.0)

3 (3.4)

Chloramphenicol

83 (94.3)

1 (1.1)

4 (4.5)

Erythromycin

67 (76.1)

0 (00)

21 (23.9)

Penicillin

70 (79.5)

4 (4.5)

13 (15.0)

Vancomycin

86 (97.7)

0 (00)

2 (2.3)