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Table 1 Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of S. pyogens isolated from school children at Hawassa city from May to October 2018 (n = 35)

From: Asymptomatic pharyngeal carriage rate of Streptococcus pyogenes, its associated factors and antibiotic susceptibility pattern among school children in Hawassa town, southern Ethiopia

Antimicrobial agents

Resistant n (%)

Susceptible n (%)

Penicillin

0 (0.0%)

35 (100%)

Vancomycin

9 (25.7%)

26 (74.3%)

Erythromycin

1 (2.9%)

34 (97.1%)

Chloramphenicol

1 (2.9%)

34 (97.1%)

Ceftriaxone

1 (2.9%)

34 (97.1%)

Amoxicillin

1 (2.9%)

34 (97.1%)

Tetracycline

20 (57.1%)

15 (42.9%)