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. 2019 Sep;31(3):184–192. doi: 10.4314/mmj.v31i3.4

Table 8.

Patterns of antibiotic multi-drug resistance (MDR) in isolates from febrile patients with typhoid fever, as confirmed by culture

MDR pattern S. typhi
(N=42)
n (%)
S. paratyphi
(N=72)
n (%)
Total (N=114)
n (%)
R3 8 (19.0) 18 (25.0) 26 (22.8)
R4 6 (14.3) 6 (8.3) 12 (10.5)
R5 4 (9.5) 10 (13.9) 14 (12.3)
R6 2 (4.8) 4 (5.6) 6 (5.3)
R7 1 (2.4) 1 (1.4) 2 (1.8)
TOTAL 21 (50.0) 39 (54.2) 60 (52.6)