Table 2 Antibiotic resistance pattern of bacterial species from neonates suspected for sepsis at SPHMMC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from March 2020 to July 2020 (n = 400)
Bacterial species | Bacterial resistance rate to antimicrobial agents (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AMP | AMK | GEN | CIP | CAF | SXT | CAZ | CTX | CLO | |
Gram-positive | |||||||||
CoNS (13) | 11(85) | NA | 9(69) | 3(23) | 6(46) | 10(77) | 8(62) | NA | 13(100) |
Gram-negative | |||||||||
Klebsiella spp(37) | NA | 13(35) | 35(95) | 9(24) | 20(54) | 27(73) | 25(68) | 35(95) | NA |
E. coli (19) | 13(68) | 4(21) | 11(58) | 5(26) | 8(42) | 10(53) | 19(100) | 13(68) | NA |
Acinetobacter (8) | NA | 2(25) | 8(100) | 2(25) | NA | 8(100) | 7(88) | 6(75) | NA |
Total (n = 64) | 13(20) | 19 (30) | 54(84) | 16(25) | 28(44) | 45 (70) | 51 (80) | 54(84) | |