Table 6 Susceptibility pattern of most common anaerobic bacterial isolates towards antimicrobials
From: Clinical and bacteriological profile of diabetic foot infections in a tertiary care
Antimicrobial agents | Proportion susceptible (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anaerobic Streptococci | Bacteroides species | Clostridium species | Fusobacterium species | |||||
n = 18 | (%) | n = 84 | (%) | n = 6 | (%) | n = 5 | (%) | |
Amoxicillin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Ampicillin/CA | 18 | 100 | 84 | 100 | 6 | 100 | 5 | 100 |
Erythromycin | 18 | 100 | 25 | 30 | – | – | – | – |
Cefoxitin | 18 | 100 | 84 | 100 | 6 | 100 | – | – |
Clindamycin | 12 | 67 | 27 | 32 | – | – | – | – |
Metronidazole | 18 | 100 | 84 | 100 | 6 | 100 | 5 | 100 |
Penicillin-G | 18 | 100 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 100 | – | – |
Piperacillin | 18 | 100 | 75 | 89 | 6 | 100 | – | – |
Piperacillin/tazobactam | 18 | 100 | 84 | 100 | 6 | 100 | 5 | 100 |
Tetracycline | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Vancomycin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |