Table III.
Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of enteric fever positive blood samples (n=133)
| Drug |
Salmonella Typhi n=92 (%) |
Salmonella Paratyphi n=41 (%) |
Total n=133 (%) |
Sensitivity (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | I | R | S | I | R | S | I | R | ||
| Ampicillin | 91 (98.9) | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 41 (100) | 0 | 0 | 132 (99.3) | 0 | 1 (0.7) | 99.3 |
| Azithromycin | 91 (98.9) | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 41 (100) | 0 | 0 | 132 (99.3) | 0 | 1 (0.7) | 99.3 |
| Ceftriaxone | 90 (98.9) | 0 | 2 (2.2) | 41 (100) | 0 | 0 | 131 (98.4) | 1 (0.7) | 0 | 98.4 |
| Chloramphenicol | 91 (98.9) | 1 (1.1) | 0 | 41 (100) | 0 | 0 | 132 (99.3) | 1 (0.7) | 0 | 99.3 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 9 (9.8) | 70 (76.1) | 11 | 6 (11.3) | 32 | 3 (5.7) | 15 (11.3) | 70 | 14 | 11.3 |
| Cotrimoxazole | 89 (96.7) | 1 (1.1) | 2 (2.2) | 41 (100) | 0 | 0 | 130 (97.7) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (1.4) | 97.7 |
| Nalidixic acid | 3 (3.3) | 2 (2.2) | 87 (94.5) | 1 (2.4) | 2 (4.8) | 38 (92.7) | 4 (2.8) | 2 (1.4) | 122 (91.7) | 2.8 |
S, susceptibility; I, intermediate; R, resistant