Research Article

Bacterial Profile and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of the Isolates from Stethoscope, Thermometer, and Inanimate Surfaces of Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 4

Multidrug resistance profile of nosocomial bacteria at Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, 2017.

Bacterial isolateNumber of MDR organismAntimicrobials resisted by most isolates

CoNS8/17 (47%)AMX, ERY, PEN
E. coli4/14 (28.6%)AMP, AMX, CTR, GEN,
Klebsiella7/13 (53.8%)AMP, AMX, GEN
Proteus4/9 (44.4%)AMP, AMX, GEN
P. aeruginosa3/10 (30%)AMP, AMX, CTR, GEN
Serratia2/6 (33.3%)AMP, AMX, GEN
S. aureus15/19 (79%)AMX, CTR, ERY, FOX, GEN, PEN

MDR = multidrug resistant.