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Table 2 Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of eyelid and conjunctiva isolates

From: External ocular surface bacterial isolates and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among pre-operative cataract patients at Mulago National Hospital in Kampala, Uganda

Bacterial isolates

Antimicrobial drugs

 

Oxa1

Chlr2

Erth3

Gent4

Tetra5

Cipro6

Vanco7

Strep8

Poly9

Tobra10

CoNS, n (%)

S

62 (68.1)

64 (70.3)

56 (61.5)

72 (79.1)

38 (41.8)

69 (75.8)

91 (100)

61(67.0)

63 (69.2)

68 (74.7)

N =91

R

29 (31.9)

27 (29.7)

35 (38.5)

19 (20.9)

53 (58.2)

22 (24.2)

0 (0.0)

30 (33.0)

28 (30.8)

23 (25.3)

S. aureus , n (%)

S

21 (72.4)

21(72.4)

20 (69.0)

20 (69.0)

13 (44.8)

21 (72.4)

29 (100)

28 (96.6)

28 (96.6)

24 (82.8)

N = 29

R

8 (27.6)

8 (27.6)

9 (31.0)

9 (31.0)

16 (55.2)

8 (27.6)

0 (0.0)

1 (3.4)

1 (3.4)

5 (17.2)

Others*, n (%)

S

1 (83.3)

10 (55.6)

1 (25.0)

17 (94.4)

15 (83.3)

16 (88.9)

4 (100)

15 (83.3)

14 (77.8)

14 (77.8)

N = 18

R

3 (16.7)

8 (44.4)

3 (75.0)

1 (5.6)

3 (16.7)

2 (11.1)

0 (0.0)

3 (16.7)

4 (22.2)

4 (22.2)

  1. CoNS = Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, *Gram negative rods and S. pneumonia, N = number of isolates tested, S = Sensitive, R = Resistant, 1Oxacilin, 2Chloramphenical, 3Erythromycin, 4Gentamycin, 5Tetracycline, 6Ciprofloxacin, 7Vancomycin, 8Streptomycin, 9Polymyxcin-B, 10Tobramycin. Others*: Erythromycin and Vancomycin were tested in S. pneumonia isolate only.