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Table 4 Antibiotic resistance pattern of Gram-positive bacteria

From: Antibiotic resistance in patients with clinical features of healthcare-associated infections in an urban tertiary hospital in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study

Antibiotics

Resistance rate (%)®

E. faecalis N = 18

E. faecium N = 2

Other enterococci N = 2

CoNS N = 10

S. aureus N = 2

Benzylpenicillin

44.0

100.0

50.0

80.0

100.0

Oxacillin

–

–

–

90.0

100.0

Ampicillin

30.0

–

50.0

–

–

Ampicillin-sulbactam

28.0

–

0.0

–

–

Erythromycin

–

–

–

80.0

100.0

Clindamycin

–

100.0

100.0

70.0

50.0

Quinupristin-dalfopristin

67.0

0.0

50.0

13.0

100.0

Gentamycin

71.0

0.0

50.0

50.0

100.0

Streptomycin

9.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

–

Cefoxitin

–

–

–

–

100.0

Ciprofloxacin

56.0

50.0

50.0

80.0

100.0

Levofloxacin

50.0

0.0

50.0

70.0

100.0

Moxifloxacin

47.0

0.0

50.0

0.0

0.0

Vancomycin

0.0

0.0

50.0

0.0

0.0

Tetracycline

71.0

100.0

100.0

70.0

100.0

Tigecycline

0.0

0.0

0.0

11.0

0.0

Linezolid

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Rifampicin

–

–

–

33.0

0.0

  1. ® Percentages = number of resistant antibiotics/total number of antibiotics tested
  2. (−) Indicate not tested