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Antimicrobial susceptibility test results for Gram-positive bacterial isolates cultured from sputum samples of adult patients with presumptive tuberculosis who tested negative on Gene Xpert. The dataset contains results from 42 patients at HFCSH in eastern Ethiopia during 2024 and was authored by Negesso Gebre.

Use Cases

• Analyze resistance patterns of Gram-positive bacteria based on antimicrobial susceptibility test results mentioned in the description.
• Investigate the prevalence of specific Gram-positive pathogens in sputum cultures from Gene Xpert-negative TB suspects.
• Support local antibiotic stewardship decisions based on susceptibility patterns observed in a specific Ethiopian hospital setting.

Strengths

• Data is focused on a specific clinical context: Gene Xpert-negative presumptive tuberculosis patients.
• Dataset has a clear temporal and geographic scope: HFCSH in eastern Ethiopia during 2024.
• The dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating a limited scope of 42 patient isolates.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Likely collected from clinical laboratory records at HFCSH.

Time Range

2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:38:50; freshness should be verified.

Geography

HFCSH, eastern Ethiopia