TABLE 3.
Antimicrobial resistance of Shigella strains
| Species | No. of isolates (%) | No. of resistant isolates (%)a
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| AMP | STR | SPT | TET | CHL | SUL | TMP | NAL | Total | ||
| S. sonnei | 31 (45.6) | 2 (6.5) | 31 (100) | 28 (90.3) | 23 (74.2) | 23 (74.2) | 31 (100) | 2 (6.5) | 31 (100) | |
| S. flexneri | 30 (44.1) | 20 (66.7) | 22 (73.3) | 19 (63.3) | 22 (73.3) | 19 (63.3) | 20 (66.7) | 18 (60) | 1 (3.3) | 24 (80) |
| S. dysenteriae | 4 (5.9) | 4 (100) | 3 (75) | 3 (75) | 4 (100) | 4 (100) | 1 (25) | 2 (50) | 4 (100) | |
| S. boydii | 3 (4.4) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | |||
| Total | 68 (100) | 26 (38.2) | 57 (83.8) | 51 (75) | 50 (73.5) | 23 (33.8) | 45 (66.2) | 52 (76.5) | 3 (4.4) | 60 (88.2) |
a
NAL, nalidixic acid.