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Table 2 Antibiotic susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from healthy children aged 0 to 6 years

From: Bacteriological profiles and drug susceptibility of Streptococcus isolated from conjunctival sac of healthy children

Antibiotics

Total no. isolates tested

Susceptible

Intermediate

Resistant

 

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

Penicillin

261

235

90.0

19

7.3

7

2.7

Hydrobenzylcillin

210

188

89.5

15

7.3

7

3.2

Gentamicin

222

178

80.2

21

9.5

23

10.4

Tobramycin

310

239

77

26

8.5

45

14.5

Erythromycin

220

57

25.9

3

1.3

160

72.8

Rifampicin

215

163

75.6

26

12.3

26

12.1

Chloramphenicol

255

181

71.1

0

0

74

28.9

Gatifloxacin

240

192

80.0

29

12.1

19

7.9

Ciprofloxacin

226

177

78.3

30

13.1

19

8.6

Ofloxacin

199

195

97.8

2

1.2

2

1

Ceftriaxone

190

183

96.2

4

2

3

1.8

Cefepime

200

184

92.2

10

5

6

2.8

Vancomycin

218

218

100

0

0

0

0

Linezolid

259

257

99.1

2

0.9

0

0

Tetracycline

288

35

12.1

19

6.7

234

81.2

Levofloxacin

287

286

99.5

0

0

1

0.5

Gatifloxacin

311

281

90.5

21

6.6

9

2.9