Table 3.
Multidrug resistance patterns of pathogenic enteric bacteria isolated from food handlers at Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018
| Bacterial isolates | Degree of resistance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R3 n (%) | R4 n (%) | R > 5 n (%) | MDR** n (%) | |
| Shigella species(n = 26) | 3(11.5) | 0 | 7(26.9) | 10(38.4) |
| EHEC* O157: H7 (n = 5) | 0 | 1(20) | 2 | 3(60) |
| Salmonella species(n = 3) | 0 | 1(33.3) | 0 | 1(33.3) |
| Total (34) | 3(8.8) | 2(5.9) | 9(26.5) | 14(41.2) |
EHEC*: Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, **MDR = Isolates resistant to 3 or more antibiotics classes. R3 = Resistant to Three antibiotic classes, R4 = Resistant to four antibiotic classes, R > 5 = Resistant to greater or equal to 5 antibiotics