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Table 4 Antimicrobial resistance patterns of bacteria isolated from various wastewater samples and tested for susceptibility to 12 antimicrobials

From: Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of selected Enterobacteriaceae in wastewater samples from health facilities, abattoir, downstream rivers and a WWTP in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Bacterial species (Total No. tested)

Place of collection

Resistance pattern

No with this resistance-pattern

Total No. of antimicrobials to which isolate is resistant

Citrobacter spp. (4)

TASH

Amc,Cpr,Gm,S, Sxt, G, Tmp, Te,

Amp,Cf, Fox, Cro,Ctx

2

12

Kality WWTP

Amc,Cpr,G,Te,Amp,Cf,Fox,Cro,

1

9

 

Little Akakiriver(1)

Amc, Te, Amp, Cf, Cro

1

5

Enterobacter aerogenes (3)

Little Akaki river

Amc,Te,Amp,Cf,Fox,Cro, Ctx

1

7

AA abattoir

Amc,S,Amp, Cf

1

4

AA abattoir

Amc,Amp,Cf, Fox

1

4

Enterobacter cloacae(6)

TASH

Amc,Cpr,Sxt,G,Tmp,Te,Amp,Cf, Fox,Cro

2

10

Menilik II hospital

Amc,Amp,Cf

1

3

Kebena river

Amc,Amp,Cf, Fox

1

4

Kality WWTP

Amc,Amp,Cf, Fox

1

4

Little Akaki river

TE,Amp,Cf

1

3

Escherichia coli(18)

TASH

Amc, Cpr, S,Sxt, G, Tmp, TE, Amp, Cf, Fox,Cro

2

11

TASH

Amc,Tmp, Te, Amp, Cf

1

5

TASH

Amc,Cpr,Amp, Cf

1

4

Menilik II hospital

Amc, Cpr,S, Te, Amp, Cf, Fox, Cro

1

8

Menilik II hospital

Amc,Cpr,S,Sxt,G,Tmp,Te,Amp

1

8

Menilik II hospital

Amc,Cpr, Amp, Cf

1

4

AA abattoir WWS

Amc,Amp, Cf, Fox

1

4

AA abattoir WWS

S,Sxt,G,Tmp, Te,AMP, Cf

1

7

AA abattoir WWS

Amc,S,Sxt,G,Tmp, Te,Amp,Cf, Fox

1

9

AA abattoir WWS

Amc, Te, Amp, Cf, Fox

1

5

Kality WWTP

Amc,Amp,Cf, Fox

1

4

Kality WWTP

Te,Amp, Cf

1

3

Kebena river

Te,Amp, Cf

1

3

Little Akaki river

Amc,S,Sxt,G,Tmp, TE,Amp,Cf, Fox

1

9

Little Akaki river

Amc,TE,Amp,Cf, Cro

2

5

Klebsiella oxytoca(3)

TASH

Amc,Amp,Cf

1

3

Menilik II hospital

Amc,Amp, Cf

1

3

Little Akaki river

Amc,Amp, Cf

1

3

Klebsiella pneumonia(8)

Menilik II hospital

Amc,Amp,Cf,S, Sxt,G,Tmp,Te

1

8

Menilik II hospital

Amc,Amp,S, Cf

1

4

AA abattoir

Amc,Amp, Cf

2

3

Kality WWTP

Amc,Cpr,Tmp, Amp,Cf, Fox

1

6

Kebena river

Amc,Amp,Cf, Fox

1

4

Kebena river

Te,Amp, Cf

1

3

Little Akaki river

Te,Amp, Cf

1

3

Salmonella spp.(12)

TASH

Amp, Cf

1

2

Menilik II hospital

Amp, Cf

1

2

AA abattoir

Amp, Cf

1

2

AA abattoir

Amp,Cf, Fox

1

3

Kality WWTP

Amc,Amp,Cf, Fox

1

4

Kality WWTP

Amp,Cf, Fox

1

3

Kebena river

Amc,Sxt,Tmp, Te,Amp,Cf,Fox

1

7

Kebena river

Te,Amp,Cf

1

3

Kebena river

Amc,Te,Amp,Cf, Fox

1

5

Little Akaki river

G,Te, Amp,Cf, Fox

1

4

Little Akaki river

S,G,Te,Amp,Cf,Fox

1

6

Little Akaki river

Te,Amp, Cf

1

3

  1. Amc amoxicillin+ clavulanic acid, Cip ciprofloxacin, Gm gentamicin, Sxt sulfamethoxazole + trimethoprim, Trm trimethoprim, Te tetracycline, Amp ampicillin, Cf cephalothin, Fox cefoxitin, Cro ceftriaxone, Su sulfisoxazole