Antimicrobial Resistance among Sputum Pathogens in Post ‎Hepatitis C Cirrhotic Patients: a Cross-Sectional Study‎

Microsoft Excel® spreadsheet. Results: The most common organisms isolated from sputum samples in the present study were E coli (19.39%), Klebsiella spp (15.31%), Staph aureus (14.29%) and Pseudomonas (9.18%) while no growth of organisms observed in 28.58%. The antimicrobial-susceptibility for Enterobacteriaceae species isolated from sputum showed higher sensitivity to Imipenem (88.2%), Piperacillin – tazobactam (73.5%), and Ampicillin (70.59%) while Ceftriaxone , Ceftazidime and Cefotaxime showed higher resistance respectively (64.71%, 58.82% and 55.89%). The antimicrobial-susceptibility results for S.aureus species isolated from sputum showed higher sensitivity to Vancomycin (100%) followed by Oxacillin ( 64.29%) while Penicillin G showed complete resistance 100%, followed by Tetracycline 92.86% ,and Co- trimoxazole 85.71%. Conclusion: Gram-negative bacteria were the cause of bacterial infections in significant proportion of patients with increased sensitivity to B-lactam antibiotics and ampicillin. However third and fourth generation cephalosporin had the higher resistance values.