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Table 3 Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of S. pneumoniae isolated from children who attended kindergarten school owned by government at Tabor sub city, Hawassa from March 17, 2018 to May 20, 2018, (N = 68)

From: Colonization rate of Streptococcus pneumoniae, its associated factors and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern among children attending kindergarten school in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia

Antimicrobial agents

Resistant

Susceptible

Intermediate

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Tetracycline

29 (42.6)

23 (33.8)

16 (23.6)

Erythromycin

3 (4.4)

58 (85.3)

7 (10.3)

Clindamycin

3 (4.4)

65 (95.6)

0 (0)

Rifampicin

0 (0)

67 (98.5)

1 (1.5)

Cotrimoxazole

44 (64.6)

12 (17.7)

12 (17.7)

Chloramphenicol

6 (8.8)

62 (91.2)

Oxacillin

33 (48.5)

35 (51.5)

  1. N: isolated organism; n: number; %: percentage