Abstract:
Objectives: As the hospital environment favors the circulation of drug resistant bacteria, continuous surveillance of
antibiotic resistant patterns is an important approach for a better patient management. This study is therefore, aimed
to assess multidrug resistant bacterial isolates from patients suspected of nosocomial infections at the University of
Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Results: Of the 260 patients, 173 (66.5%) of them were culture positive. Among culture positive patients a total of
216 bacterial isolates were recovered, of which the most common species were S. aureus 77 (35.6%), followed by E. coli
33 (15.3%) and Klebsiella spp 29 (13.4%). Of the S. aureus isolates, 67.5% were cefoxitin (methicillin) resistant. Citrobacter
spp (100%), Klebsiella spp (79.3%) and E. coli (75.3%) were the leading MDR Gram-negative isolates. The overall MDR
resistant rate was 152 (70.4%).
