Table 3 Resistant pattern of anaerobes to various antibiotics by MIC = N (%)
From: Antimicrobial resistance pattern of anaerobic bacteria causing lower respiratory tract infections
Anaerobic Organisms | No. of isolates tested (n = 154) | Penicillin | Cefoxitin | Tetracycline | Moxifloxacin | Clindamycin | Chloramphenicol | Metronidazole | Meropenem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Resistant breakpoints (µg/ml | ≥ 2 | ≥ 64 | ≥ 16 | ≥ 8 | ≥ 8 | ≥ 32 | ≥ 32 | ≥ 16 | |
Gram Negative Anaerobes | |||||||||
Bacteroides Sps. | 10 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 3(30) | 6(60) | 0(0) | 2(20) | 0(0) | |
Prevotella Sps | 31 | 20(65) | 4(13) | 929) | 3(10) | 5(15) | 2(6.5) | 10(32) | 0(0) |
Veillonella Sps | 33 | 19(58) | 3 (9%) | 6(18) | 4(12) | 4(12) | 7(21) | 6(18) | 0(0) |
Gram Positive Anaerobes | |||||||||
Actinomyces | 45 | 29(64) | 1 | 8(18) | 2(4) | 7(16) | 3(6.7) | -# | 0(0) |
Atopobium | 1 | 1(100) | 0 | 0(0) | 1(100) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) |
Bifidobacterium Sps | 7 | 4(57) | 1(14) | 1(14) | 0(0) | 3(42) | |||
Propionebacterium acnes | 3 | 3(100) | 0 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | -# | 0(0) | |
Terrisporobacter glycolicus | 1 | 1(100) | 0 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 1(100) | |||
Gamella Sps | 2 | 2(100) | 0 | 1(50) | 1(50) | 1(50) | |||
Parvimonas micra | 15 | 11(73) | 1(6) | 2(13) | 2(13) | 2(13) | 2(13) | 5(33) | 0(0) |
Anarococcus prevotii | 1 | 0(0) | 0 | 0(0) | 1(100) | 0(0) | 1(100) | 0(0) | 0(0) |
Peptoniphilus assachrolyticus | 3 | 2(67) | 0 | 1(33) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 2(67) | 0(0) |
Peptostreptococcus anaerobius | 1 | 0(0) | 0 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | ||
Fingoldia magna | 1 | 1(100) | 0 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) |