Table 2: Summary of antibiotic sensitivity tests of bacteria obtained from patients with chronic osteomyelitis in tertiary hospital, PNG, 2014-2016.

Micro-Organism Antibiotic sensitivity in percentage (sensitive number/total tested number)
Penc Amp CMP Te Gn SXT Caz Cip Ox VA Ery
S. aureus 83%
10/12		 92%
11/12		 42%
5/12		 33%
4/12		 100%
12/12		 17%
2/12		 100%
12/12		 100%
12/12
Streptococcus gr A 100%
3/3		 100%
3/3		 100%
3/3		 67%
2/3		 100%
3/3		 100%
3/3
Total gram-negative 8%
1/12		 60%
6/10		 25%
3/12		 75%
9/12		 0%
0/12		 92%
11/12		 100%
12/12

Legend: Penc - penicillin, Amp - ampicillin, CMP - chloramphenicol, Te - tetracycline, Gn - gentamycin, SXT - trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, Caz - ceftazidime, Cip - ciprofloxacin, Ox - oxacillin, VA - vancomycin, Ery - erythromycin, grA - group A