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Table 4 Antimicrobial Sensitivity pattern of GBS isolated from pregnant women and neonates

From: Maternal and neonatal colonisation of group B streptococcus at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: prevalence, risk factors and antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial agent

GBS isolation (% of sensitivity)

 

Vaginal

Rectal

Neonates

Penicillin G

98.1

90.6

100

Ampicillin

100

100

100

Vancomycin

100

100

100

Erythromycin

87.0

81.3

81.3

Clindamycin

83.3

84.3

87.5

Ciprofloxacin

94.4

93.8

100

Cotrimoxazole

90.7

84.4

87.5

Cefriaxone

87.0

84.4

93.8