Table 2.
Antibiotic resistance patterns of the Shigella isolates according to the Shigella species
| Antibiotic |
S. flexneri
n= 19 (%) |
S. sonnei
n= 11(%) |
n= 4 (%) | S. dysenteriae |
Total
n= 36(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (1.25/23.75 μg) | 17(89.4) | 9(81.8) | 2(50) | 1(50) | 29(80.5) |
| Ampicillin(10µg) | 14(73.6) | 7(63.6) | 2(50) | 0 | 23(63.8) |
| Tetracycline(30µg) | 15(78.9) | 5(45.4) | 0 | 1(50) | 21(58.3) |
| Nalidixic-acid (30mg) | 4(21) | 6(54.4) | 0 | 0 | 10(27.7) |
| Ceftriaxone (30µg) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ciprofloxacin(5µg) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chloramphenicol (30µg) | 6(31.5) | 3(27.2) | 2(50) | 1(50) | 12(33.3) |
| Gentamicin (10µg) | 5(26.3) | 7(63.6) | 1(25) | 0 | 13(36.1) |
| Cefixime (5µg) | 4(21) | 1(9) | 1(25) | 0 | 6(16.6) |
| MDR | 14(73.6) | 3(27.2) | 0 | 0 | 17(47.2) |
MDR: multidrug resistance