Skip to main content

Table 1 Laboratory patients’ records (A) clinical syndromes and their respective bacterial isolates, (B) Summary of antibiotic history

From: Antibiotic use and resistance patterns at Rumphi District Hospital in Malawi: a cross-sectional study

A. Clinical syndromes and respective common bacterial isolates

Clinical syndromes

(n)/ (%)

Bacterial isolates

(n)/ (%)

Genital discharges

39 (44%)

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

21 (40.5%)

Wound/obsess

13 (15%)

Staphylococcus sp

12 (75.0%)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

2 (12.5%)

GI symptoms

24 (27%)

Samonella typh

6 (32.0%)

Dysuria/hematuria

7 (8%)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

3 (42.9%)

Escherichia. coli (E.coli)

2 (28.5%)

Staphylococcus saprophyticus

1 (14.3)

Persistent fever due to suspected blood infection

5 (6%)

Hemophilus influenzae b

1 (100%)

B. Overall patients antibiotic history records

Common Antibiotics

(n)/ (%)

 

Metronidazole

41 (30%)

 

Gentamycin

34 (24%)

 

Doxycycline

28 (20%)

 

Ceftriaxone

16 (12%)

 

Ciprofloxacin

9 (6%)

 

Benzyl-penicillin

7 (5%)