Research Article
High Gastrointestinal Colonization Rate of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci among Hospitalized Patients: Potential Source for Resistant Gene
Table 6
Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Enterococci among patients admitted at HUCSH, Sidama, 2021 (N = 141).
| | Antimicrobial agents | Over all AST profile n (%) | AST profile of E. faecalis n (%) | AST profile of E. faecium n (%) | | Susceptible | Intermediate | Resistant | Susceptible | Intermediate | Resistant | Susceptible | Intermediate | Resistant |
| | Penicillin | 61 (43.3) | — | 80 (56.7) | 56 (86.2) | — | 9 (13.8) | 5 (6.6) | — | 71 (93.4) | | Ampicillin | 65 (46.1) | — | 76 (53.9) | 65 (18) | — | — | — | — | 76 (18) | | Erythromycin | 17 (12.1) | 35 (24.8) | 89 (63.1) | 15 (23.1) | 25 (38.5) | 25 (38.5) | 2 (2.6) | 10 (13.2) | 64 (84.2) | | Tetracycline | 32 (22.7) | 10 (7.1) | 99 (70.2) | 27 (41.5) | 6 (9.2) | 32 (49.3) | 5 (6.6) | 4 (5.2) | 67 (88.2) | | Chloramphenicol | 124 (87.9) | 8 (5.7) | 9 (6.4) | 62 (95.4) | 1 (1.5) | 2 (3.1) | 62 (81.6) | 7 (9.2) | 7 (9.2) | | Linezolid | 139 (98.6) | — | 2 (1.4) | 65 (18) | — | — | 74 (97.4) | — | 2 (2.6) | | Ciprofloxacin | 37 (26.2) | 45 (32) | 59 (41.8) | 29 (44.6) | 30 (46.2) | 6 (9.2) | 8 (10.5) | 15 (19.7) | 53 (69.7) | | Vancomycin | 115 (81.6) | — | 26 (18.4) | 63 (96.9) | — | 2 (3.1) | 52 (69.4) | — | 24 (31.6) |
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AST = antibiotic susceptibility testing.
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