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Table 3 Percentage of Gram-positive bacterial isolates resistant to antimicrobial agents (number of tested isolates in brackets)

From: Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania

Drug

S. aureus

CoNS

Enterococci

S. pneumoniae

S. pyogenes

Other strept.a

Penicillin

97% (1521)

93% (42)

67% (9)

4% (23)

0% (163)

23% (98)

Ampicillin

...

...

6% (66)

...

...

13% (83)

Methicillin/ cloxacillin

2% (1556)

21% (47)

...

...

...

...

Tetracycline

49% (1042)

90% (39)

76% (51)

8% (13)

47% (131)

61% (90)

Erythromycin

29% (1543)

69% (48)

26% (65)

6% (18)

7% (161)

26% (156)

  1. CoNS, Coagulase-negative staphylococci; "...", not tested. a Streptococci other than S. pyogenes and S. pneumoniae, and streptococci not identified below genus level.