Table 1.
Antibiotic resistance profiles of Escherichia coli isolates in surface and groundwater samples from a cemetery in Cape Town in South Africa.
| Nature of antibiotic resistance | Number of antibiotic resistance | Number of isolates |
|---|---|---|
| C-S-T-CFX-TM-CIP-NI-C/T | 8 (multi-drug resistant) | 4 |
| C-S-CFX-TM-CIP-NI-C/T | 7 (multi-drug resistant) | 1 |
| C-S-T-CFX-TM-CIP-C/T | 2 | |
| C-S-T-CFX-TM-CIP-NI | 4 | |
| C-S-T-CFX-TM-NI-C/T | 4 | |
| C-S-T-TM-CIP-NI-C/T | 1 | |
| C-S-CFX-TM-CIP-C/T | 6 (multi-drug resistant) | 1 |
| C-S-CFX-TM-NI-C/T | 1 | |
| C-S-T-CFX-TM-C/T | 1 | |
| C-S-T-TM-NI-C/T | 1 | |
| C-T-CFX-TM-NI-C/T | 1 | |
| S-T-CFX-TM-NI-C/T | 2 | |
| S-T-TM-CIP-NI-C/T | 1 | |
| T-CFX-TM-CIP-NI-C/T | 1 | |
| C-CFX-TM-CIP-NI 1 | 5 (multi-drug resistant) | 1 |
| C-S-CFX-NI-C/T 1 | 1 | |
| C-S-T-TM-C/T 1 | 1 | |
| C-T-CFX-CIP-C/T 1 | 1 | |
| S-CFX-TM-NI-C/T 1 | 1 | |
| S-T-CFX-TM-CIP 2 | 2 | |
| S-T-CFX-TM-C/T 2 | 2 | |
| S-T-TM-CIP-C/T 8 | 8 | |
| C-CFX-TM-NI | 4 (multi-drug resistant) | 2 |
| C-S-T-C/T | 2 | |
| S-CFX-TM-C/T | 1 | |
| S-TM-CIP-C/T | 1 | |
| S-TM-CIP-NI | 1 | |
| S-T-TM-C/T | 1 | |
| S-T-TM-CIP | 13 | |
| T-CFX-TM-CIP | 1 | |
| S-CFX-C/T 1 | 3 (multi-drug resistant) | 1 |
| S-T-C/T 2 | 2 | |
| S-T-CFX 1 | 1 | |
| S-TM-C/T 4 | 4 | |
| T-TM-C/T 1 | 1 | |
| T-TM-CIP | 3 | |
| S-C/T 3 | 2 (multi-drug resistant) | 3 |
| S-T 5 | 5 | |
| TM-C/T 1 | 1 | |
| TM-CIP | 1 | |
| C/T | 1 (single drug-resistant) | 1 |
Antibiotics: C: chloramphenicol; S: streptomycin. T: tetracycline; CFX: cephalexin; TM: trimethoprim; CIP: ciprofloxacin; NI: nitrofurantoin; C/T: ceftolozane/tazobactam.
(Adapted from Abia et al. (2019).)