Table 2 In vitro antibiotic susceptibilities of bacterial isolates recovered from conjunctival specimens of patients with suspected conjunctivitis
From: Bacteriologic and plasmid analysis of etiologic agents of conjunctivitis in Lagos, Nigeria
Organism | No. tested | No. (%) of susceptible bacterial isolates to antibiotics tested | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CHL | CTX | AMK | GEN | STR | CAZ | AMP | AMO | OFL | ||
Total Gram-positive cocci | 78 | 51 (65.3) | 71 (91) | 69 (88.5) | 64 (82.1) | 61 (78.2) | 73 (93.6) | 62 (79.5) | 67 (85.9) | 78 (100) |
 S. aureus | 43 | 24 (55.8) | 38 (88.4) | 37 (86) | 34 (79.1) | 29 (67.4) | 38 (88.4) | 33 (76.7) | 35 (81.4) | 43 (100) |
 Coagulase-negative Staph | 35 | 27 (77.1) | 33 (94.3) | 32 (91.4) | 30 (85.7) | 32 (91.4) | 35 (100) | 29 (82.9) | 32 (91.4) | 35 (100) |
 Total Gram-positive bacilli | 35 | 28 (80) | 31 (88.6) | 33 (94.3) | 33 (94.3) | 30 (85.7) | 34 (97.1) | 31 (88.6) | 33 (94.3) | 35 (100) |
 Bacillus sp. | 10 | 9 (90) | 10 (100) | 8 (80) | 9 (90) | 8 (80) | 10 (100) | 8 (80) | 10 (100) | 10 (100) |
 Corynebacterium sp. | 25 | 19 (76) | 21 (84) | 25 (100) | 24 (96) | 22 (88) | 24 (96) | 23 (92) | 23 (92) | 25 (100) |
Total Gram-negative bacilli | 36 | 15 (41.7) | 29 (80.6) | 30 (83.3) | 28 (77.8) | 24 (66.7) | 30 (83.3) | 23 (63.9) | 27 (75) | 29 (80.6) |
 P. aeruginosa | 15 | 3 (20) | 12 (80) | 11 (73.3) | 10 (66.7) | 8 (53.3) | 12 (80) | 9 (60) | 11 (73.3) | 9 (60) |
 E. coli | 10 | 6 (60) | 8 (80) | 8 (80) | 8 (80) | 8 (80) | 9 (90) | 7 (70) | 8 (80) | 9 (90) |
 Proteus sp. | 5 | 3 (60) | 5 (100) | 5 (100) | 4 (80) | 4 (80) | 4 (80) | 4 (80) | 4 (80) | 5 (100) |
 Enterobacter aerogenes | 3 | 2 (66.7) | 3 (100) | 3 (100) | 3 (100) | 3 (100) | 3 (100) | 2 (66.7) | 3 (100) | 3 (100) |
 Klebsiella sp. | 3 | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 3 (100) | 3 (100) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 3 (100) |
Total Gram-negative cocci | 7 | 5 (71.4) | 7 (100) | 7 (100) | 7 (100) | 5 (71.4) | 7 (100) | 5 (71.4) | 7 (100) | 7 (100) |
 Moraxella sp. | 7 | 5 (71.4) | 7 (100) | 7 (100) | 7 (100) | 5 (71.4) | 7 (100) | 5 (71.4) | 7 (100) | 7 (100) |
Total | 155 | 99 (63.9) | 138 (89) | 139 (89.7) | 132 (85.2) | 120 (77.4) | 144 (92.9) | 121 (78.1) | 134 (86.5) | 149 (96.1) |