Table 1 Microbiological profile and antibiotic resistance pattern of isolates from patient with infective endocarditis received at the AKUH clinical laboratory (n = 104)
Microorganism | Total number cases n = 104(%) | Percent resistance of antibiotic for the species | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CN | CI | ER | PE | VA | CH | OX | CP | AM | CR | ||
Gram positive organism | 68 (65.4) | ||||||||||
Staphylococcus species | 24 (23.1) | ||||||||||
•S. aureus | 18 (17.3) | 27.0 | 22.2 | 50.0 | 100 | 00 | 00 | 77. | 44.4 | – | – |
MSSA | 4 (3.8) | ||||||||||
MRSA | 14 (13.5) | ||||||||||
•CONS | 6 (5.8) | 16.6 | 16.6 | 33.3 | 100 | 00 | 00 | 83.3 | 60.0 | – | – |
Streptococcus species | 36 (34.7) | NP | 20.0 | 40.0 | 14.2 | 00 | – | – | – | – | 02.8 |
•S. pneumoniae | 2 (1.9) | ||||||||||
•S. mitis | 8 (7.7) | ||||||||||
•S. oralis | 5 (4.8) | ||||||||||
•S. sanguis | 3 (2.9) | ||||||||||
•S. viridans | 3 (2.9) | ||||||||||
•S. milleri | 1 (1.0) | ||||||||||
•S. bovis | 3 (2.9) | ||||||||||
•Streptococcus species | 5 (4.8) | ||||||||||
•Granulicatella adiacens | 1 (1.0) | ||||||||||
•Aerococcus viridans | 2 (1.9) | ||||||||||
•Gemella haemolysan | 1 (1.0) | ||||||||||
Enterococcus species | 4 (3.8) | 25.0 | – | 50.0 | 50.0 | 00 | 25.0 | – | – | 50.0 | – |
Corynebaterium species | 4 (3.8) | 25 | 00 | 00 | – | 00 | 25.0 | – | 00 | – | |
Gram negative organism | 3 (2.9) | 00 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33.3 | – | 00 |
Haemophilus actinomycetemcomitans, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter species. | |||||||||||
Fungus | 3 (2.9) | No resistance to azoles and Amphotericin | |||||||||
Candida albicans, Aspergillus niger, Fusarium species | |||||||||||
Culture negative cases | 30 (28.8) | – | |||||||||