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Table 5 Multi drug resistance pattern of bacterial isolates in neonatal septicemia, University of Gondar Hospital North West Ethiopia, from September/2015 to May/2016

From: Bacterial etiologic agents causing neonatal sepsis and associated risk factors in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

Organism isolated

Degree of resistance

Total MDR isolates ≥R3

R0 (%)

R1 (%)

R2 (%)

R3 (%)

R4 (%)

R5 (%)

R6 (%)

R7 (%)

S. aureus (n = 49)

08 (16.3)

02 (4)

09 (18.3)

09 (18.3)

06 (12.2)

06 (12.2)

06 (12.2)

03 (6.1)

30 (61.2)

CoNS (n = 26)

02 (7.7)

02 (7.7)

01 (3.8)

00 (0)

07 (26.9)

09 (34.6)

03 (11.5)

02 (7.7)

21 (81.0)

S. pyogenes (n = 6)

-

-

01 (16.7)

03 (50)

02 (33.3)

_

_

_

05 (83.3)

E. coli (n = 12)

-

04 (33.3)

05 (41.7)

02 (16.7)

_

_

01 (8.3)

_

03 (25.0)

K.pnuemoniae(n = 19)

01 (5.2)

02 (10.5)

02 (10.5)

05 (26.3)

04 (21)

01 (5.2)

02 (10.5)

02 (10.5)

14 (74.0)

Others (n = 8)

_

01 (12.5)

02 (25)

02 (25)

_

01 (12.5)

02 [25]

_

05 (62.5)

Total n = 120

11 (9.2)

11 (9.2)

20 (16.7)

21 (17.5)

19 (15.8)

17 (14.2)

14 (11.6)

07 (5.8)

78 (65.0)

  1. Key:CoNS Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus, others: Seratiaspecies, E. cloaca, K. rehinose, R0: susceptible to all antibiotics, R1–7: resistance to 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 antibiotics, ≥ R3: resistance to 3 or more antibiotic