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Table 3 Antibiotic susceptibility rates of VS isolates from VS peritonitis episodes in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis

From: Viridans streptococcus peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis: clinical characteristics and comparison with concurrent polymicrobial infection

Tested antibiotic

VS isolates in mono-VS peritonitis(n)

VS isolates in mixed-VS peritonitis(n)

Susceptible (A)

Non-susceptible (B)

Susceptibility rate (%)

Non-susceptibility rate (%)

Susceptible (A)

Non-susceptible (B)

Susceptibility rate (%)

Non-susceptibility rate (%)

Ampicillin

73

5

93.6

6.4

28

3

90.3

9.7

Clindamycin

67

11

85.9

14.1

29

2

93.5

6.5

Ceftriaxone

62

6

91.2

8.8

27

4

87.1

12.9

Erythromycin

57

21

73.1

26.9

26

5

83.9

16.1

Penicillin

71

7

91.0

9.0

27

4

87.1

12.9

Teicoplanin

74

0

100

0

29

0

100

0

Vancomycin

66

0

100

0

31

0

100

0

  1. Susceptibility rate = A/(A + B)
  2. Non-susceptibility rate = B/(A + B)