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Table 3 Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among group A Streptococcus isolates cultured from healthy school children—Jigjiga city, Eastern Ethiopia, April 12 to May 27, 2021

From: Throat carriage rate, associated factors, and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of group A Streptococcus among healthy school children in Jigjiga City, Eastern Ethiopia

Antibiotics

Total isolates

Susceptible

Intermediate

Resistant

Number (%)

Number (%)

Number (%)

Amoxicillin

49

44 (89.8%)

3(6.1%)

2(4.1)

Azithromycin

49

45 (91.8%)

4 (8.2%)

-

Ceftriaxone

49

47 (95.9%)

2 (4.1%)

-

Chloramphenicol

49

46 (93.9%)

3(6.1%)

-

Erythromycin

49

46 (93.9%)

2 (4.1%)

1(2.0%)

Penicillin

49

49 (100%)

-

-

Vancomyin

49

45 (91.8%)

4(8.2%)

-