Table 7 Multidrug resistance profile of bacteria isolated from blood culture of newborns suspected of sepsis at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital from February 2021 to November 2021.

From: Bacterial etiology and risk factors among newborns suspected of sepsis at Hawassa, Ethiopia

Bacterial isolates

Resistance patterns

R0

R1

R2

R3

R4

 ≥ R5

MDR n (%)

Klebsiella species (61)

3

32

21

5

58 (95)

Enterobacter species (4)

1

2

1

3 (75)

Pseudomonas species (11)

1

3

7

11 (100)

Escherichia coli (7)

  

1

2

1

3

6 (85.7)

Acinetobacter species (16)

2

5

9

16 (100)

Enterobacter aglemerans (6)

4

1

1

6 (100)

Serratia marcescens(2)

2

2 (100)

Citrobacter species (1)

1

1 (100)

Enterococcus species (26)

18

8

8 (30.8)

Staphylococcus aureus (9)

6

2

1

1 (11.1)

  1. NICU Neonatal intensive care unit, HUCSH Hawassa comprehensive specialized hospital, MDR Multiple drug resistance (resistance to three or more drugs categories), R0 No resistance at all, R1 resistant to one antimicrobial class, R2 resistant to two antimicrobials class, R3 Resistant to three antimicrobials class, R4 resistant to four antimicrobials class, R5 resistant to five or more antimicrobials class.