Table 2. Frequency of multidrug resistance among faecal Escherichia coli isolates.
Number of Antimicrobial categories (n = 6) | Number of resistant isolates (n = 1098) | Integron positive isolates (n = 410) | Integron negative isolates (n = 688) | P-valuea |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | ND |
1 | 3(0.3) | 0(0) | 3(0.4) | 0.297 |
2 | 27(2.5) | 6(1.5) | 21(3.1) | 0.149 |
≥3 | 1068(97.3) | 404(98.5) | 664(96.5) | 0.0476b |
ap values were calculated using the Pearson’s chi-square test.
b p value of less than 0.05 was significant