High Gastrointestinal Colonization Rate of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci among Hospitalized Patients: Potential Source for Resistant Gene

Table 8

Distribution of multidrug-resistant Enterococcus isolated from hospitalized patients at HUCSH, Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia, 2021 (n = 141).

Number of antibiotics	Combination of antibiotics	Isolates tested n (%)	Total MDR n (%)
R3	PEN, ERY, TET	1 (1.3)	8 (10.4)
	PEN, AMP, TET	2 (2.6)
	PEN, AMP, ERY	1 (1.3)
	PEN, AMP, CIP	3 (3.9)
	AMP, TET, CIP	1 (1.3)
R4	PEN, ERY, TET, CIP	5 (6.5)	21 (27.3)
	PEN, AMP, ERY, TET	12 (15.6)
	AMP, VAN, ERY, E-T	1 (1.3)
	PEN, AMP, TET, CIP	2 (2.6)
	PEN, AMP, ERY, CIP	1 (1.3)
R5	PEN, AMP, ERY, TET, CIP	21 (27.3)	23 (29.9)
	PEN, AMP, ERY, TET, CHL	1 (1.3)
	VAN, ERY, TET, CHL, CIP	1 (1.3)
R6	PEN, AMP, VAN, ERY, TET, CIP	8 (10.4)	12 (15.6)
	PEN, AMP, ERY, TET, CHL, CIP	2 (2.6)
	PEN, AMP, VAN, ERY, TET, MIC	2 (2.6)
R7	PEN, AMP, VAN, ERY, TET, MIC, CIP	9 (11.7)	10 (12.9)
	PAN, AMP, VAN, ERY, TET, CHL, CIP	1 (1.3)
R8	PEN, AMP, VAN, ERY, TET, MIC, CIP	1 (1.3)	1 (1.3)
R9	PEN, AMP, VAN, ERY, TET, CHL, LIN, MIC, CIP	2 (2.6)	2 (2.6)
Total		77	77 (54.6%)

PEN: penicillin; AMP: ampicillin; VAN: vancomycin; ERY: erythromycin; TET: tetracycline; CHL: chloramphenicol, MIC: minimum inhibition concentration, LIN: linezolid, CIP: ciprofloxacin; R: resistance. MDR: organisms resistant to ≥3 antibiotics belonging to different classes.