Pattern of Bacterial Pathogens and Their Susceptibility Isolated from Surgical Site Infections at Selected Referral Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 6
Multidrug resistance pattern of bacterial isolates.
Bacterial isolate
Total number (%)
Number (%) of antimicrobial patterns
≥
Gram negative
76 (73.1)
1 (1.3)
1 (1.3)
3 (3.9)
6 (7.6)
7 (9.2)
58 (76.3)
E. coli
24 (23.1)
1 (4.2)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (4.2)
2 (8.3)
20 (83.3)
Acinetobacter
23 (22.1)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (4.3)
0 (0)
22 (95.7)
K. pneumoniae
10 (9.6)
0 (0)
0 (0)
2 (20)
1 (10)
1 (10)
6 (60)
K. ozaenae
3 (2.9)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
3 (100)
P. aeruginosa
6 (5.8)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (16.7)
1 (16.7)
4 (66.7)
P. vulgaris
6 (5.8)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (16.7)
2 (33.3)
1 (16.7)
2 (33.3)
P. mirabilis
1 (0.9)
0 (0)
1 (100)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
Morganella spp.
1 (0.9)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (100)
0 (0)
Citrobacter spp.
2 (1.9)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (50)
1 (50)
Gram positive
28 (26.9)
2 (7.1)
14 (50)
7 (25)
1 (3.6)
0 (0)
4 (14.3)
S. aureus
19 (18.3)
1 (5.3)
12 (63.2)
5 (26.3)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (5.3)
CoNS
4 (3.8)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (25)
1 (25)
0 (0)
2 (50)
Group B streptococci spp.
5 (4.8)
1 (20)
2 (40)
1 (20)
1 (20)
0 (0)
0 (0)
: no resistance, : resistance to one drug, : resistance to two drugs, : resistance to three drugs, : resistance to four drugs, ≥: resistance to five or more drugs.
