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Table 2 Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of enteric bacteria isolated from food handlers at Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018

From: Prevalence of enteric bacteria and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among food handlers in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia

Bacterial Isolates

Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern (n,%)

AML (n,%)

AMP (n,%)

CRO (n,%)

CHL (n,%)

CIP (n,%)

SXT (n,%)

TTC (n,%)

NA (n,%)

GEN (n,%)

Shigella species (n = 26)

S

17(65.4)

10 (38.5)

25(96.1)

24 (92.3)

26 (100)

16 (61.5)

9 (34.6)

24 (92.3)

20(76.9)

R

9 (34.6)

16 (61.5)

1 (3.9)

2 (7.7)

0

10 (38.5)

17 (65.4)

2 (7.7)

6(23.1)

EHEC* O157:H7(n = 5)

S

1 (20)

1 (20)

5 (100)

5 (100)

5 (100)

2 (66.7)

1 (20)

2 (40)

5(100)

R

4 (80.)

4 (80)

0

0

0

1 (33.3)

4 (80)

3 (60)

0

Salmonella species(n = 3)

S

2 (66.7)

3 (100)

3 (100)

3 (100)

3 (100)

2 (66.7)

1 (33.3)

3 (100)

2(66.7)

R

1 (33.3)

0

0

0

0

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

0

1(33.3)

  1. Key: AML = Amoxicillin, AMP Ampicillin, CRO = Ceftriaxone, CHL = Chloramphenicol, CIP = Ciprofloxacin, SXT = trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole, TTC = Tetracycline, NA = Nalidixic acid, GEN = Gentamicin, S = Sensitive R = Resistant, EHEC*: Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli