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Table 2 Antimicrobial susceptibility test of bacterial isolates from white coats

From: Contamination of health care workers’ coats at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia: the nosocomial risk

Antibiotics

S. aureus

K. pneumoniae

Pseudomonas spp.

E. coli

Enterobacter spp.

GNB

Total

 

N

R

%R

N

R

%R

N

R

%R

N

R

%R

N

R

%R

N

R

%R

N

R

%R

Ciprofloxacin (5 mcg)

3

1

33

   

4

1

25

2

0

0

4

2

50

6

1

16.7

19

5

26.3

Norfloxacin (10 mcg)

13

6

46.2

               

13

6

46.2

Gentamycin (10 mcg)

4

2

50

2

0

0

4

1

25

2

0

0

4

2

50

6

1

16.7

22

6

27.3

Erythromycin (15 mcg)

19

10

52.6

               

19

10

52.6

Clindamycin (10 mcg)

19

8

42.1

               

19

8

42.1

Cefalexin (30 mcg)

4

2

50

2

1

50

4

4

100

2

2

100

4

3

75

6

5

83.3

22

17

77.3

Co-trimoxazole (25 mcg)

19

13

68.4

2

2

100

            

21

15

71.4

Tetracyclin (30 mcg)

4

2

50

2

1

50

4

1

25

2

0

0

4

3

25

6

4

66.7

22

11

50

Chloramphenicol (30 mcg)

19

3

15.8

2

1

50

4

1

25

2

0

0

4

2

50

6

2

33.3

37

9

51.5

Cefoxitin (30 mcg)

19

13

68.4

               

19

13

68.4

Vancomycin (30 mcg)

19

11

57.9

2

0

0

            

21

11

57.9

Ampicillin (10 mcg)

4

3

75

   

4

3

75

2

1

50

4

1

25

6

4

66.7

20

12

60.0