Table 1.
Susceptibility vs. resistance (%) in V. cholerae O1 isolates from Bangladesh.
| Antibiotica | Mathbaria (n = 298) |
Chhatak (n = 162) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical (n = 178) |
Environmental (n = 120) |
Clinical (n = 141) |
Environmental (n = 21) |
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| S | I | R | S | I | R | S | I | R | S | I | R | |
| Ampicillin | 63 | 35 | 2 | 73 | 26 | 1 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 90 | 10 | 0 |
| Penicillin | 16 | 67 | 17 | 23 | 63 | 14 | 35 | 52 | 13 | 19 | 76 | 5 |
| Cefoxitin | 62 | 36 | 2 | 77 | 22 | 1 | 77 | 23 | 0 | 81 | 19 | 0 |
| Cefotaxime | 82 | 17 | 1 | 87 | 12 | 1 | 95 | 3 | 2 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceftazidime | 93 | 7 | 0 | 92 | 8 | 0 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceftriaxone | 75 | 24 | 1 | 84 | 16 | 0 | 84 | 16 | 0 | 95 | 5 | 0 |
| Aztreonam | 84 | 15 | 1 | 89 | 10 | 1 | 88 | 12 | 0 | 95 | 5 | 0 |
S, susceptible; I, intermediate; R, resistant.
aAll isolates were susceptible to cefepime and imipenem.