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Table 4 Antimicrobial resistance pattern of bacterial isolates obtained from antibiotic naïve outpatients with respiratory infections at MTRH, 2018

From: Study of bacterial respiratory infections and antimicrobial susceptibility profile among antibiotics naive outpatients visiting Meru teaching and referral hospital, Meru County, Kenya in 2018

Antibiotics

Percentage of bacterial isolates resistant to antibiotics

S. aureus

n = 29

 S.pyogenes n = 24

 S.pneumoniae n = 18

Pseudomonas sp. n = 64

Klebsiella sp. n = 36

Gentamicin

0.0

0.0

0.0

7.0

0.0

Cefuroxime

0.0

0.0

10.0

6.0

14.2

Amikacin

0.0

0.0

6.0

0.0

2.0

Cephalexin

-

83.3

80.0

100.0

94.0

Ceftazidime

89.0

91.7

70.0

80.0

78.8

Ciprofloxacin

92.0

100.0

-

97.5

92.0

Piperacillin/tazobactam

Amoxicillin

Ampicillin

67.0

100.0

100.0

-

97.6

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

84.0

100.0

100.0

  1. Key: - not subjected to antibiotics