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Table 6 Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of gram-positive 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

VAN

CAF

MET

DOX

S. aureus (n=25)

13 (52)

9 (36)

17 (68)

11 (44)

7 (28)

0 (0)

12 (48)

9 (36)

13 (52)

CoNS (n=15)

7 (46.6)

3 (20)

7 (46.6)

5 (33.3)

3 (20)

0 (0)

8 (53.3)

5 (33.3)

8 (53.3)

Enterococcus spp. (n=4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (25)

0 (0)

  1. GN gentamicin, CIP ciprofloxacin, CEFTA ceftazidime, AMP ampicillin, CEF ceftriaxone, VAN vancomycin, CAF chloramphenicol, Met methicillin, DOX doxycycline, CoNS coagulase-negative Staphylococcus