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Table 5 Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of gram-negative bacterial isolates from wound swab cultures of postoperative surgical site infections

From: Bacterial isolates and their antibiotic sensitivity pattern of surgical site infections among the surgical ward patients of Asella Referral and Teaching Hospital

Bacterial isolates

Number of resistant pathogens to antimicrobial agents (%)

GN

CIP

CEFTA

AMP

CEF

CAF

DOX

Klebsiella spp. (n=38)

27 (71)

13 (34.2)

34 (89.4)

33 (86.8)

27 (71)

31 (81.5)

34 (89.4)

Escherichia coli (n=31)

16 (51.6)

9 (29)

16 (51.6)

26 (83.8)

6 (19.3)

26 (83.8)

25 (80.6)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n=18)

11 (61.1)

10 (55.5)

2 (11.1)

16 (88.8)

15 (83.3)

16 (88.8)

16 (88.8)

Proteus spp. (n=6)

1 (16.6)

5 (83.3)

1 (16.6)

5 (83.3)

3 (50)

1 (16.6)

2 (33.3)

Enterobacter spp. (n=5)

1 (20)

1 (20)

2 (40)

4 (80)

2 (40)

4 (80)

2 (40)

Citrobacter spp. (n=5)

4 (80)

2 (40)

4 (80)

4 (80)

4 (80)

4 (80)

4 (80)

  1. GN gentamicin, CIP ciprofloxacin, CEFTA ceftazidime, AMP ampicillin, CEF ceftriaxone, CAF chloramphenicol, DOX doxycycline