Table 8.
Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of E. coli O157: H7 isolates by species and sample type. N.B: All isolates was resistant to the rest of antibiotics tested in this study
| Species of animal | Type of sample | No of isolates tested | Susceptibility Pattern | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norfloxacin | CAZ | PB | |||||||||
| Sen. No. (%) |
Int. No. (%) |
Res. No. (%) |
Sen. No. (%) |
Int. No. (%) |
Res. No. (%) |
Sen. No. (%) |
Int. No. (%) |
Res. No. (%) |
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| Goat | Skin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| CO | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sheep | Fecal | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Skin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| MS | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| CO | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| CI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Knife | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | |
CO Carcass outside, CI Carcass inside, Sen. Sensitive, Res. Resistant, Int. Intermediate resistant