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. 2010 May 25;5:12. doi: 10.4314/pamj.v5i1.56188

Table 2: Antibiotic resistance of isolated bacterial flora from urine samples of cows using antibiotic discs.

% Antibiotic resistance (μg) / disc
Isolates AUG AMX ERY TET CXC GEN COT CHL MAR
Bacillus spp. [2] 100 100 100 100 100 50.0 50.0 0.0 (75.0)
Staphylococcus sp. [1] 0.0 0.0 0.0 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (12.5)
PEN CLN GEN FUS ERY TRM SMX TET
Citrobacter spp. [5] 80.0 80.0 20.0 80.0 80.0 60.0 40.0 20.0 (50.0–100.0) 1*1±
E. coli [9] 100 88.9 33.3 77.8 100 66.7 33.3 55.6 (50.0–100.0) 2*
Klebsiella spp. [5] 80.0 100 20.0 100 100 100 80.0 60.0 (62.5–100.0) 1*
Proteus spp. [9] 88.9 55.6 11.1 44.4 55.6 100 88.9 22.2 (37.5–100.0) 1*
Pseudomonas spp. [1] 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 (100.0) 1*
Salmonella spp. [2] 100 100 100 50.0 100 50.0 100 50.0 (62.5–100.0) 1±
Shigella spp. [5] 80.0 80.0 40.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 60.0 0.0 (25.0- 87.5)

AUG: Augmentin, AMX: Amoxycillin, ERY: Erythromycin, TET: Tetracycline, CXC: Cloxacillin, GEN: Gentamicin, COT: Cotrimoxazole, CHL: Chloramphenicol, PEN: Penicillin, CLN: Clindamycin, GEN: Gentamicin, FUS: Fusidic acid, ERY: Erythromycin, TRM: Trimethoprim, SMX: Sulphamethaxazole, TET: Tetracycline, *: total susceptibility, ±: total resistance. [X] Reference in the text