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Table 4 Antimicrobial resistance profiles of bacterial isolates from vaginal specimen of women in reproductive age, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2013

From: Common causes of vaginal infections and antibiotic susceptibility of aerobic bacterial isolates in women of reproductive age attending at Felegehiwot referral Hospital, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Antimicrobial agents

E. coli

S. aureus

Pseudomonas Spp

Enterobacter Spp.

Klebsiella Spp.

Proteus Spp.

Providencia Spp.

Group B streptococci

N.gonorrhoeae

Total

 

# T

R %

# T

R %

# T

R%

# T

R %

# T

R %

# T

R %

# T

R %

# T

R %

# T

R %

 

Ciprofloxacin

15

20

6

33

7

0

5

20

3

33

2

0

2

0

5

20

4

50

10 (20.4)

Norfloxacin

15

20

6

67

7

14.3

5

0

3

33

2

0

2

50

5

20

ND

ND

11 (24.4)

Gentamycin

15

26.7

6

33

7

0

5

40

3

33

2

0

2

0

5

20

4

25

11 (22.4)

Ampicillin

15

73.3

6

83

7

71.4

5

100

3

33

2

0

2

0

5

80

4

25

32 (65.3)

Cotrimoxazole

15

60

6

83

7

57.1

5

80

3

66.7

2

0

2

0

5

80

ND

ND

28 (62.2)

Amoxycillin

15

80

6

83

7

85.7

5

80

3

66.7

2

100

2

100

5

80

ND

ND

37 (82.2)

Tetracyclin

15

73.3

6

67

7

57.1

5

60

3

66.7

2

50

2

50

5

60

4

50

31 (63.3)

Erythromycin

ND

ND

6

50

ND

ND

ND

ND

3

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

5

20

4

25

5 (33.3)

Clindamycin

ND

ND

6

33

ND

ND

ND

ND

3

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

5

20

ND

ND

3 (27.3)

  1. # T: number of isolates tested against each antimicrobial agent
  2. R %: percent of isolates resistance to antimicrobial agent, ND: Not done