Characteristics of pyogenic odontogenic infection in patients attending Mulago Hospital, Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 The frequency distribution of bacterial isolates based on their susceptibility to different antibiotics (n = 68)

	Percentage susceptibilities of bacterial isolates
	Gram negative isolates					Gram positive isolates
Antibiotic	HI	PM	EC	CF	KP	ES	StA	StP	Stpy	VSG	SE	SA	SP
Penicillin G	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	0.0	100	0.0	0.0	23.1	0.0
Amoxicillin/Clav.	100	50.0	0.0	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	50.0	100	0.0
Oxacillin						0.0	-	-	-	0.0	50.0	88.2	0.0
Ampicillin	0.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	66.7				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Erythromycin	-	-	-	-	-	0.0	100	100	100	75.0	75.0	88.2	-
Clindamycin	-	-	-	-	-	0.0	-	100	-	92.9	50.0	50.0	100
Vancomycin	-	-	-	-	-	100	-	-	-	100	100	100	100
Gentamicin	0.0	100	60.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	-	-	-	66.7	75.0	93.8	0.0
Cotrimoxazole	0.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.0	0.0	0.0
Ciprofloxacin	83.3	100	70.0	0.0	25.0	0.0	-	100	-	84.6	75.0	88.2	0.0
Tetracycline	40.0	0.0	-	-	-	33.3	-	-	-	0.0	50.0	29.4	100
Ceftriaxone	60.0	100	30.0	-	0.0	-	-	100	-	81.8	-	-	-
Chloramphenicol	80.0	50.0	30.0	-	50.0	100	100	100	100	92.3	100	85.7	-
Levofloxacin	-	100	0.0	100	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amikacin	-	100	100	100	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Imipenem	-	100	100	100	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cefuroxime	-	100	12.5	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ceftazidime	-	50.0	20.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cefotaxime	-	100	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	50.0	100	0.0
Linezolid	-	-	-	-	-	50.0	-	-	-	-	100	100	100
Moxifloxacin	-	-	-	-	-	50.0	-	-	-	-	100	100	-

Note. VSG – Viridans Streptococci Group, SA – Staphylococcus aureus, HI – Hemophillus influenza, EC – Escherichia coli, KP – Klebsiella pneumonia, SE – Staphylococcus epidermidis, SP – Staphylococcus pasteuri, ES – Enterococcus species, PM – Proteus mirabilis, StA – Streptococcus agalactiae, StP – Streptococcus pneumoniae, Stpy – Streptococcus pyogenes, CF – Citrobacter freundii.

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