Skip to main content
. 2018 Jun 25;99(2):283–286. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0917

Table 2.

Percentage resistance to specific antibiotics in Shigella species in Bangui, Central African Republic, from 2002 to 2013

Shigella flexneri (%) Shigella sonnei (%) Shigella dysenteriae (%) Shigella boydii (%) Unknown (%) Total (%)
N = 243 N = 90 N = 72 N = 34 N = 4 N = 443
Amoxicillin 72 19 85 68 100 64
Co-amoxiclav 6 2 1 3 0 4
Ticarcillin 71 19 85 65 100 61
Cefoxitin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cefotaxime 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amikacin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gentamicin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nalidixic acid 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ciprofloxacin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chloramphenicol 74 20 85 32 75 62
Sulfonamides 92 98 96 91 100 94
Cotrimoxazole 90 97 94 88 100 92
Tetracycline 98 99 99 97 100 98