Table 1 Antibiotic resistance pattern of Enterococcus faecalis isolates, no. (%)
Antimicrobial agent | No. (%) of vancomycin-resistant isolates (N = 53) (%) | No. (%) of vancomycin-susceptible isolates (N = 179) (%) | Total no. (%) of isolates (N = 232) (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S | I | R | S | I | R | S | I | R | |
Teicoplanin | 2 (3.8) | 0 (0) | 51 (96.2) | 174 (97.2) | 5 (2.8) | 0 (0) | 176 (75.8) | 5 (2.2) | 51 (22.0) |
Ampicillin | 22 (41.5) | – | 31 (58.5) | 146 (81.5) | – | 33 (18.5) | 168 (72.4) | – | 64 (27.6) |
Tetracycline | 5 (9.5) | 0 (0) | 48 (90.5) | 10 (5.5) | 0 (0) | 169 (94.5) | 15 (6.5) | 0 (0) | 217 (93.5) |
Ciprofloxacin | 1 (1.8) | 2 (3.8) | 50 (94.4) | 9 (5.0) | 35 (19.5) | 135 (75.5) | 10 (4.0) | 37 (16.0) | 185 (80.0) |
Erythromycin | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 53 (100) | 5 (2.7) | 25 (14.0) | 149 (83.3) | 5 (2.3) | 25 (10.7) | 202 (87.0) |
Nitrofurantoin | 43 (81.2) | 0 (0) | 10 (18.8) | 155 (86.5) | 0 (0) | 24 (13.5) | 198 (85.3) | 0 (0) | 34 (14.7) |
Rifampin | 16 (30.2) | 13 (24.5) | 24 (45.3) | 69 (38.5) | 39 (21.8) | 71 (39.7) | 85 (36.6) | 52 (22.4) | 95 (41.0) |
Gentamicin | 10 (18.9) | 0 (0) | 43 (81.1) | 102 (57.0) | 0 (0) | 77 (43.0) | 110 (47.5) | 0 (0) | 122 (52.5) |
Linezolid | 53 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 179 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 232 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Fosfomycin | 53 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 179 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 232 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |