Environmental contamination across multiple hospital departments with multidrug-resistant bacteria pose an elevated risk of healthcare-associated infections in Kenyan hospitals

Table 4 Antibiotic susceptibility profiles of the Gram-positive MDR ESKAPEE bacterial pathogens

Antimicrobial agent	MRSA, n = 5 (%)		E. faecium and E. faecalis, n = 2 (%)
	NS	S	NS	S
Cefoxitin	5 (100)	0	nd	nd
Penicillin	5 (100)	0	nd	nd
Oxacillin	5 (100)	0	nd	nd
Erythromycin	5 (100)	0	2 (100)	0
Gentamycin	5 (100)	0	nd	nd
Clindamycin	5 (100)	0	nd	nd
Linezolid	0	5/5 (100)	0	2 (100)
Levofloxacin	4 (80)	1/5 (20.0)	2 (100)	0
Moxifloxacin	4 (80)	1/5 (20.0)	ND	nd
Tetracycline	3 (60)	2/5 (40.0)	2 (100)	0
Tigecycline	0	5/5 (100)	0	2 (100)
Nitrofurantoin	0	5/5 (100)	2 (100)	0
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole	5 (100)	0	nd	nd
Teicoplanin	0	5/5 (100)	0	2 (100)
Vancomycin	0	5/5 (100)	0	2 (100)
Fusidic Acid	0	5/5 (100)	nd	nd

Abbreviations: NS, non-susceptible (Resistant or Intermediate); S, Susceptible; nd, antimicrobial sensitivity testing not done; MRSA Methicillin resistant S. aureus

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