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Table 2 Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Gram-positive bacterial isolates (N = 60)

From: Pathogenic bacteria recovered from Gene X-pert tuberculosis-negative adult patients in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

Antibiotics

Bacterial isolates

S. aureus (n = 40)

S. pyogenes (n = 11)

S. pneumoniae (n = 9)

S (%)

R (%)

S (%)

R (%)

S (%)

R (%)

Gentamicin

37 (92.5)

3 (7.5)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Chloramphenicol

N/A

N/A

11 (100.0)

0 (0)

8 (88.9)

1 (11.1)

Ciprofloxacin

38 (95.0)

2 (5.0)

3 (27.3)

8 (72.7)

3 (33.3)

6 (66.7)

Ampicillin

N/A

N/A

8 (72.7)

3 (27.3)

N/A

N/A

Penicillin

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

2 (22.2)

7 (77.8)

Vancomycin

N/A

N/A

3 (27.3)

8 (72.7))

6 (66.7)

3 (33.3)

Clindamycin

34 (85.0)

6 (15.0)

7 (63.6)

4 (36.4)

N/A

N/A

Cefoxitin

36 (90.0)

4 (10.0)

N/A

N/A

8 (88.9)

1 (11.1)

Tetracycline

18 (45.0)

22 (55.0)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Erythromycin

26 (65.0)

14 (35.0)

3 (27.3)

8 (72.7)

3 (33.3)

6 (66.7)

Cefepime

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

9 (100.0)

0 (0)

  1. Note. S = Sensitive, R = Resistant, N/A = Not Applicable
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