The resistance of bacteria to antibiotics tablet, particularly those used for first-line therapy, is an increasing cause for concern. The continued surveillance of hospital bacteria and their resistance pattern is important in the management of nosocomial infections.
Overall Pattern A total of 1,718 isolates were studied. Coliforms comprised 897 (52.2% of) isolates and showed high percentage sensitivity to ceftazidime (86.47%), pefloxacine (83.7%) and drug ciprofloxacin (89.7%), with much reduced sensitivity to generic ampicillin (19.1%) and tablet cotrimoxazole (11.1%) (Figure 1). S. aureus was most sensitive to ciprofloxacin (96.2%), pefloxacine (90.7%>) and cephalexin [...]
The sensitivity of a total of 1,718 bacterial isolates from clinical specimens to 20 antimicrobial drugs was studied in 2002 at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu. The specimens were classified into two groups: urinary and nonurinary specimens. The nonurinary group included wound swabs, blood, body fluids, specimens from respiratory tract, ear, nose and [...]
