Table 5.
Plasmid Profile and Multidrug Resistance Patterns of Plasmid-Containing E. coli Isolates.
| E. coliisolates | Number of plasmids |
Antibiotics to which Isolates were Resistant |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Combinations** | ||
| JC17* | 1 | 2 | Amp, Tet |
| JC15* | 1 | 3 | Amp, Tet, Cot |
| LR11* | 2 | 4 | Amp, Tet, Nit, Nal |
| JC11 | 1 | 4 | Amp, Tet, Nit, Nal |
| BS12* | 1 | 4 | Amp, Tet, Nit, Cef |
| JC28 | 1 | 4 | Amp, Tet, Cip, Cot |
| AS04* | 1 | 5 | Amp, Tet, Nit, Nal, Cef, |
| FD08* | 2 | 5 | Amp, Tet, Nit, Nal, Cef |
| AS06 | 1 | 5 | Amp, Tet, Nit, Nal, Cef |
| SB06 | 2 | 5 | Amp, Tet, Nit, Nal, Cip |
| SB13 | 1 | 5 | Amp, Tet, Nit, Nal, Cip |
| KR10 | 1 | 5 | Amp, Tet, Nit, Nal, Cot |
| HR09 | 1 | 5 | Cef, Tet, Nit, Nal, Cot |
| SB04 | 2 | 6 | Amp, Tet, Nit, Nal, Cip, Cot |
| IR10 | 1 | 6 | Amp, Tet, Nit, Nal, Cef, Cot |
| JC13 | 1 | 6 | Amp, Tet, Cef, Cip, Cot, Chl |
| FD07* | 2 | 7 | Amp, Tet, Nit, Nal, Cef, Cip, Cot |
| SB09 | 2 | 7 | Amp, Tet, Nit, Nal, Cef, Cip, Cot |
| JR10 | 3 | 7 | Amp, Tet, Nit, Nal, Cef, Cip, Cot |
| BS06 | 1 | 7 | Amp, Tet, Nit, Nal, Cef, Cot, Chl |
| KR08 | 2 | 8 | Amp, Tet, Nit, Nal, Cef, Cip, Cot, Chl |
| AS03 | 1 | 9 | Amp, Tet, Nit, Nal, Cip, Cot, Chl, Gen, Nor |
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*
E. coli O157 strains;
**
Amp, ampicllin; Cef, cefuroxime; Cot, cotrimoxazole; Tet, tetracycline; Chl, chloramphenicol; Nit, nitrofurantoin; Nal, nalidixic acid; Cip, ciprofloxacin; Gen, gentamicin; Nor, norfloxacin.