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Table 5 Multidrug resistance patterns of bacterial isolates from external ocular infection at University of Gondar hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016

From: Bacterial pathogens associated with external ocular infections alongside eminent proportion of multidrug resistant isolates at the University of Gondar Hospital, northwest Ethiopia

Types of bacteriaisolates

Total bacteria

n (%)

Antimicrobial resistance pattern

R0

n (%)

R1

n (%)

R2

n (%)

R3

n (%)

R4

n (%)

R5

n (%)

R6

n (%)

R7

n (%)

R8

n (%)

S.aureus

96(50.3)

0

0

3(3.1)

2(2.1)

26(27.1)

19(19.8)

15(15.6)

11(11.5)

20(20.8)

CoNS*

64(33.5)

1(1.6)

1(1.6)

2(3.1)

2(3.1)

8(12.5)

20(31.3)

4(6.3)

2(3.1)

24(37.5)

S.pyogn

8(4.2)

2(25)

5(62.5)

1(12.5)

0

0

0

0

0

0

Klebsella spp.

9(4.7)

0

0

1(11.1)

1(11.1)

2(22.2)

2(22.2)

2(22.2)

0

1(11.1)

E.coli

6(3.1)

2(33.3)

 

1(16.7)

1(16.7)

0

2(33.3)

0

0

0

Entrobacter spp.

3(1.6)

0

0

2(66.7)

1(33.3)

0

0

0

0

0

Serratia spp.

2(1)

1(50)

1(50)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Proteus spp.

2(1)

1(50)

0

0

1(50)

0

0

0

0

0

Citrobacter spp.

1(0.5)

1(100)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

191(61.2)

8(4.2)

7(3.7)

10(5.2)

8(4.2)

36(18.8)

43(22.5)

21(11)

13(6.8)

45(23.6)

  1. CoNS* = Coagulase negative staphylococci;R0 = sensitive to all antimicrobials;R1 = resistant to 1antimicrobial; R2 = resistant to2antimicrobials;R3 = resistant to 3antimicrobials;R4 = resistant to 4antimicrobials;R5 = resistant to 6antimicrobials;R7 = resistant to7antimicrobials;R8 = resistant to 8antimicrobials; Spp. = species