Research Article
Neonatal Septicemia in Nepal: Early-Onset versus Late-Onset
Table 3
Resistance rates of isolates recovered from early-onset cases.
| Isolated organisms () | Resistance rates to different antibiotic tested | OX | E | CD | P | CFX | COT | G | AK | OF | CFM | CTX | CAZ | PI | PIT | CAR | AMP |
| S. aureus (12) | 33.3 | 83.3 | 50 | 91.7 | 66.7 | 75 | 58.3 | 25 | 41.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | CoNS (45) | 15.5 | 44.4 | 31.1 | 60 | 62.2 | 57.8 | 48.9 | 11 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Enterococcus spp. (2) | 0 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 50 | — | 100 | 50 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Viridans streptococci (1) | — | 0 | 0 | 100 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Acinetobacter spp. (7) | — | — | — | — | — | 14.3 | 28.6 | 14.3 | 28.6 | 42.8 | 28.6 | 57.1 | 57.1 | 42.8 | — | 85.6 | Pseudomonas aeruginosa (5) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 0 | 20 | 80 | 60 | 20 | 40 | 20 | 20 | — | Citrobacter spp. (1) | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 100 | Enterobacter spp. (1) | — | — | — | — | — | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | — | 100 | Klebsiella spp. (6) | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | 50 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 66.7 | 50 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 16.7 | — | 100 | Burkholderia spp. (2) | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 100 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 100 |
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OX: oxacillin, E: erythromycin, CD: clindamycin, P: penicillin, CFX: cephalexin, COT: cotrimoxazole, G: gentamicin, AK: amikacin, OF: ofloxacin, CFM: cefixime, CTX: cefotaxim, CAZ: ceftazidime, PI: piperacillin, PIT: piperacillin-tazobactam, CAR: carbenicillin, and AMP: ampicillin. —: not tested.
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