Pattern of Bacterial Pathogens and Their Susceptibility Isolated from Surgical Site Infections at Selected Referral Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 4

Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Gram positive bacterial isolates in postoperative surgical site infected patients in selected referral hospitals of Addis Ababa.

Bacterial isolate	Pattern	Antimicrobial agents
		CN	CIP	TE	PE	SXT	FOX	E
S. aureus	S	16 (84.2)	16	15 (78.9)	1 (5.3)	15 (78.9)	17 (89.5)	15 (78.9)
	R	3 (15.8)	3 (15.8)	4 (21.1)	18 (94.7)	4 (21.1)	2 (10.5)	4 (21.1)
CoNS	S	1 (25)	0 (0)	3 (75)	1 (25)	1 (25)	0 (0)	1 (25)
	R	3 (75)	4 (100)	1 (25)	3 (75)	3 (75)	4 (100)	3 (75)
Group B streptococci spp.	S	5 (100)	—	5 (100)	1 (20)	5 (100)	2 (40)	4 (80)
	R	0 (0)		0 (0)	4 (80)	0 (0)	3 (60)	1 (20)

E = erythromycin, SXT = sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, FOX = cefoxitin, P = penicillin.