Table 2. Antimicrobial resistance of 185 E. coli isolates from cattle and cattle attendants in Tanzania.
| Antibiotic type(s) | Cattle, % (n = 137) |
Human, % (n = 50) |
X2 | p-valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetracycline (TE) | 33.1 | 40.8 | 0.6 | 0.38 |
| Gentamycin (CN) | 2.9 | 6.1 | 0.3 | 0.38 |
| Sulphamethazole—Trimethoprim (SXT) | 8.8 | 49.0 | 34.5 | <0.001 |
| Ampicillin (AMP) | 21.3 | 44.9 | 8.5 | 0.002 |
| Chloramphenical (C) | 4.4 | 6.1 | 0.7 | <0.001 |
| Ciproflaxacin (CIP) | 0.7 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.17 |
| Cefotaxime (CTX) | 3.7 | 20.4 | 11.4 | <0.001 |
| Colistin Sulphate (CT) | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 1.00 |
| Ampicillin—Clavulanic (AMC) | 5.2 | 10.2 | 0.8 | 0.31 |
| Cefoxitin (FOX) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.38 |
a p-value for difference between prevalence among E. coli from humans and cattle.