Table 4 Multiple antibiotic resistance patterns of bacterial pathogens isolated from dacryocystitis infection, University of Gondar Eye Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, Gondar, Ethiopia from 2011 to 2012

S .aureus

6(19.4)

1(16.7)

3(50.0)

1(16.7)

-

-

1(16.7)

CNS

9(29.0)

1 (11.1)

4(44.4)

1(11.1)

1(11.1)

-

2(22.2)

S. pnemoniae

2(6.5)

-

-

1(50.0)

1(50.0)

-

Entrobacter species

2(6.5)

-

-

-

1(50.0)

1(50.0)

E .coli

1(3.2)

-

-

-

1(100.0)

-

-

K. pnemoniae

2(6.5)

-

-

1(50.0)

1(50.0)

-

-

Pseudomonas spp.

3(9.7)

-

1(33.3)

-

-

2(66.7)

-

Citrobacter spp

1(3.2)

1(100.0)

-

-

-

-

-

H.influenzae

2(6.5)

-

-

1(50.0)

1(50.0)

-

-

P.vulgaris

1(3.2)

-

1(100.0)

-

-

-

-

P. mirabilis

1(3.2)

-

-

-

1(100.0)

-

-

Providencia spp

1(3.2)

-

-

-

1(100.0)

-

Total

31(100)

3 (9.7)

9 (29.0)

5(16.1)

5(16.1)

5(16.1)

4 (12.9)