Table 2.

Percentage of drug resistance in Shigella isolates

Antibiotics	Shigella flexneri (n=42)	Shigella sonnei (n=42)	Shigella dysenteriae (n=5)	Shigella boydii (n=6)	Total (n=95)
	Percentage of drug resistance
Ampicillin	66.6	7.14	40.0	0	34.72
Azithromycin	23.7	80.94	60.0	50	52.62
Ceftriaxone	2.3	9.52	0	0	5.25
Chloramphenicol	83.33	2.3	20	16.6	39.99
Ciprofloxacin	69.04	59.52	60	0	59.99
Co-trimoxazole	78.57	95.23	100	66.66	86.31
Cefuroxime	19.04	9.52	0	0	12.63
Gentamicin	2.3	57.13	20	16.6	28.42
Kanamycin	64.28	100	40	50	77.89
Nalidixic acid	85.71	100	80	50	89.46
Norfloxacin	64.28	42.85	0	0	47.36
Ofloxacin	64.27	42.85	0	0	47.36
Streptomycin	92.85	90.47	80	83.3	90.52
Tetracycline	90.39	45.23	80	33.33	66.31
Trimethoprim	90.47	95.23	100	83.3	92.63

Notes: Complete resistant and intermediate resistant traits were considered to be resistant traits.