Table 3 Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Vibrio cholerae toward different commonly used antibiotics
Antimicrobials | No. of strains | Susceptibility patterns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sensitive (%) | MIC (μg/ml) | MIC breakpoints for sensitive strains (μg/ml) | Resistant (%) | MIC (μg/ml) | MIC breakpoints for resistant strains (μg/ml) | ||
Ampicillin | 31 | 0 | - | ≤8 | 100 | 64 | ≥32 |
Cotrimoxazole | 31 | 0 | - | ≤2/38 | 100 | 8/152 | ≥4/76 |
Tetracycline | 31 | 100 | 2 | ≤4 | 0 | - | ≥16 |
Doxycycline | 31 | 100 | 2 | ≤4 | 0 | - | ≥16 |
Chloramphenicol | 31 | 96.77 | 8 | ≤8 | 3.23 | 32 | ≥32 |
Ciprofloxacin | 31 | 93.55 | 0.5 | ≤1 | 6.45 | 4 | ≥4 |
Levofloxacin | 31 | 100 | 0.5 | ≤2 | 0 | - | ≥8 |
Azithromycin | 31 | 100 | 1 | ≤2 | 0 | - | ≥8 |