Table 4 Multiple antibiotic resistance patterns of bacterial isolates from blood culture of patients at AMGH, southern Ethiopia 2020.

From: Bacterial profile, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, and associated factors among bloodstream infection suspected patients attending Arba Minch General Hospital, Ethiopia

Bacterial isolates

Resistance patterns

R0

R1

R2

R3

R4

 > R5

MDR (%)

S. aureus 7 (31.8)

–

–

3 (42.8%)

–

1 (14.2%)

3 (42.8%)

4 (57%)

Enterococcus 4 (18.2)

1 (25%)

–

–

2 (50%)

–

1 (25%)

3 (75%)

CoNS 2 (9.1)

–

–

–

1 (50%)

–

1 (50%)

2 (100%)

Gram-positive bacteria 13 (59.1)

      

9 (69.2%)

Klebsiellaspp. 4 (18.2)

–

1 (25%)

–

–

1 (25%)

2 (50%)

3 (75%)

E. coli 2 (9.1)

–

–

–

1 (50%)

–

1(50%)

2 (100%)

P.aeruginosa 2 (9.1)

–

–

1 (50%)

1(50%)

–

–

1 (50%)

Entrobacterspp. 1 (4.5)

–

1 (100%)

–

–

–

–

–

Gram-negative bacteria 9 (40.9)

      

5 (66.7%)

  1. n: number of isolates, R0: No resistance at all, R1: resistant to one antibiotic, R2: resistant to two antibiotics, R3: resistant to three antibiotics, R4: resistant to four antibiotics, R5: resistant to five or more antibiotics.
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