Table 4.
Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of pathogens isolated from food handlers at Arba Minch University students’ cafeteria, Arba Minch, South Ethiopia, April–June 2015
| Isolates | RXN | Antimicrobial agents (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN | C | SXT | K | AMC | CLR | CRO | AML | ||
|
Salmonella Spp
(n = 24) |
S | 24 (100) | 24 (100) | 24 (100) | 24 (100) | 16 (66.7) | 20 (83.3) | 24 (100) | 0 |
| R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (33.3) | 4 (16.7) | 0 | 24 (100) | |
|
Shigella Spp
(n = 10) |
S | 10 (100) | 10 (100) | 10 (100) | 10 (100) | 6 (60) | 0 | 10 (100) | 0 |
| R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (40) | 10 (100) | 0 | 10 (100) | |
| Total (n = 34) |
S | 34 (100) | 34 (100) | 34 (100) | 34 (100) | 22 (65) | 20 (59) | 34 (100) | 0 |
| R | 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (35) | 14 (41) | 0 | 34 (100) | |
S = Sensitive R = Resistant, GEN Gentamicin, C Chloramphenicol, SXT Sulphamethoxazole-trimethoprim, K Kanamycin, AMC Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, CLR Clarithromycin, CRO Ceftriaxone, AML Amoxicillin