Research Article

Bacterial Profile and Their Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Isolates Recovered from Intensive Care Unit Environments at Wachemo University Nigist Ellen Mohammed Memorial Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern Ethiopia

Table 4

Multidrug-resistance pattern of bacterial isolates from ICU environments at Wachemo University Nigist Ellen Mohammed Memorial Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, August 1, 2022, to October 30, 2022.

Multidrug-resistance profiles of Gram-negative isolates
Bacterial isolates and MDR profilesFrequency n (%)

E. coli
NIT, CIP, CXT, CN, MER, CTR, COT, AMP2 (4.9%)
CIP, CAZ, AMC, CHL, CXM, MER, COT2 (4.9%)
CXT, CAZ, AMC, CN, CHL, COT, AMP1 (2.4%)
CIP, CXT, CAZ, MER, COT, AMP3 (7.3%)
CAZ, AMC, CN, CHL, CTR, AMP2 (4.9%)
NIT, CXT, CTR, COT, AMP, TE1 (2.4%)
CXT, MER, CTR, COT, AMP4 (9.8%)
CAZ, AMC, CHL, MER, COT2 (4.9%)
CIP, CAZ, CXM, CTR, COT2 (4.9%)
CXT, CN, MER, CTR, TE1 (2.4%)
CXT, CAZ, MER, CTR6 (14.6%)
CAZ, CN, CHL, AMP5 (12.2%)
CIP, CTR, AMP4 (9.8%)
Total35/41 (85.4%)

K. pneumoniae
NIT, CIP, CXT, AMC, MER, CTR, COT, AMP4 (13.4%)
CIP, CXT, CAZ, CN, CHL, COT, AMP2 (6.7%)
CIP, AMC, MER, CTR, COT, AMP, TE2 (6.7%)
NIT, CAZ, CN, CHL, COT, AMP1 (3.35%)
CAZ, AMC, CXM, COT, AMP1 (3.35%)
CXT, MER, AMP, TE6 (20%)
AMC, CXM, MER, COT3 (10%)
CIP, COT, TE3 (10%)
Total22/30 (73.3%)

P. aeruginosa
CIP, CAZ, AMC, CHL, MER, TE4 (30.8%)
NIT, CXT, CN, COT, AMP2 (15.4%)
CAZ, AMC, CTR, AMP, TE1 (7.7%)
CHL, CTR, COT1 (7.7%)
CIP, CXT, MER1 (7.7%)
Total9/13 (62.2%)

A. baumannii
AMC, CAZ, CXM, CTR, COT, AMP, TE3 (27.3%)
CIP, CXT, AMC, MER2 (18.2%)
NIT, CAZ, CTR, COT2 (18.2%)
CXT, CN, CTR1 (9.1%)
COT, AMP, TE1 (9.1%)
Total9/11 (82.2%)

Enterobacter species
CIP, CAZ, AMC1 (16.7%)
CHL, MER, COT1 (16.7%)
AMC, CTR, AMP1 (16.7%)
Total3/6 (50%)

Salmonella species
CIP, AMC, CTR, COT1 (25%)
MER, AMP, TE1 (25%)
Total2/4 (50%)

CoNS
CIP, CXT, CLN, AZM, MET, CLX, COT, TE2 (%)
NIT, CIP, VAN, CN, CHL, CLX, COT, AMP1 (1.4%)
CIP, CXT, CN, AZM, MET, COT, TE3 (4.2%)
CXT, CHL, CLX, COT, AMP7 (9.7%)
CIP, CN, CLX, AMP7 (9.7%)
CXT, CLN, VAN, AZM4 (5.6%)
CLX, COT, AMP9 (9.7%)
CIP, CXT, TE6 (8.3%)
Total39/72 (54.2%)

S. aureus
NIT, CIP, CXT, AZM, CLX, MET, COT, AMP4 (6.6%)
CIP, CXT, CLN, VAN, CN, CHL, AZM2 (3.3%)
NIT, CIP, CN, CHL, COT, AMP, TE1 (1.6%)
CXT, CLN, CLX, MET, COT, TE3 (4.9%)
NIT, CIP, CXT, VAN, CN, TE2 (3.3%)
CXT, AZM, CLX, COT, AMP6 (9.8%)
CIP, CXT, COT, AMP6 (9.8%)
NIT, CLX, MET, TE4 (6.6%)
CIP, COT, AMP9 (14.8%)
CLN, CN, MET3 (4.9%)
Total40/61 (65.6%)

Total MDR isolates159/238 (66.8%), (95% CI = (60.8, 72.78))