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Table 6 Antibiogram of bacterial isolates from external ocular infections at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, 2019

From: Common bacterial causes of external ocular infections, associated risk factors and antibiotic resistance among patients at ophthalmology unit of Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Bacterial species

Ro

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

MDR ≥ 3

S.aureus (n = 77)

0

14 (18.2)

28 (36.4)

23 (29.9)

10 (12.9)

2 (2.5)

0

35 (45.5)

CoNS (n = 48)

2 (4.1)

10 (25)

10 (20.8)

11 (22.9)

5 (10.4)

6 (12.5)

4 (8.3)

26 (54.2)

S. pneumoniae (n = 9)

0

3 (33.3)

5 (55.6)

1 (11.1)

0

0

0

1 (11.1)

S. pyogenes (n = 4)

0

4 (100)

0

0

0

0

0

0

K. pneumoniae (n = 28)

0

7 (25)

3 (10.7)

10 (35.7)

6 (21.4)

2 (7.1)

0

18 (64.3)

K. rinoscleromatis (n = 2)

0

0

0

2 (100)

0

0

0

2 (100)

Enterobacter spp. (n = 5)

0

0

1 (20)

1 (20)

3 (60)

0

0

4 (80)

Proteus spp. (n = 15)

1 (6.7)

2 (13.3)

7 (46.6)

4 (26.6)

0

1 (6.7)

0

5 (33.3)

Citrobacter spp. (n = 9)

1 (11.1)

4 (44.4)

3 (33.3)

1 (11.1)

0

0

0

1 (11.1)

E. coil (n = 5)

0

3 (60)

1 (20)

1 (20)

0

0

0

1 (20)

P. aeruginosa (n = 6)

0

0

5 (83.3)

1 (16.7)

0

0

0

1 (16.7)

Total

4 (1.9)

47 (24)

63 (30.3)

55 (26.4)

24 (11.5)

11 (5.3)

4 (1.9)

94 (45.2)

  1. CoNS* Coagulase negative Staphylococci, MDR Multi-drug resistance, Ro susceptible to all antimicrobials tested, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 Resistance to one, two, three, four, five and six antibiotics taken from different classes, respectively