Research Article

Hospital-Based Air-Borne and Surface-Borne Bacterial Pathogens and Their Antimicrobial Profiles in Wolaita Sodo, Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Antimicrobial resistance pattern of air-borne bacterial isolates at WSUCH, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia, 2021.

Bacterial IsolatesPatternAntimicrobial agents
GENCIPAMADOXCEPCAFPENAMPCTR

S. aureus n = 9S3 (33.3)6 (66.6)7 (77.7)4 (44.4)5 (55.5)1 (11.1)1 (11.1)7 (77.7)5 (55.5)
I1 (11.1)1 (11.1)0 (0.00)1 (11.1)1 (11.1)0 (0.00)0 (0.00)0 (0.00)2 (22.2)
R5 (55.5)2 (22.2)2 (22.2)4 (44.4)3 (33.3)8 (88.8)8 (88.8)2 (22.2)2 (22.2)

P. aeruginosa n = 6S5 (83.3)3 (50)4 (66.7)ND1 (16.6)ND0 (0.0)2 (33.3)1 (16.6)
I0 (0.0)0 (0.00)0 (0.00)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.00)1 (16.7)
R1 (16.7)3 (50)2 (33.3)5 (83.3)5 (100)4 (66.7)4 (66.7)

Klebsiella spp. n = 5S3 (60)4 (80)3 (60)NDNDNDND2 (40)4 (80)
I0 (0.00)0 (0.00)1 (20)1 (20)0 (20)
R2 (40)1 (20)1 (20)2 (40)1 (20)

E. coli n = 4S2 (50)3 (75)1 (25)NDND1 (25)1 (25)1 (25)
I1 (25)0 (0.00)ND0 (0.00)1 (25)1 (25)0 (0.00)
R1 (25)1 (25)3 (75)2 (50)2 (50)3 (75)

S- Sensitive, I- Intermediate, R- Resistant, GEN- gentamicin, CIP- ciprofloxacin, AMA- amikacin, DOX- doxacillin, PEN- pencillin, FEP- cefepime, AMP- ampicillin, CTR-ceftriaxone, CAF- chloromphenical, ND- not determined.