Table 3.
Antibiotic resistance patterns of bacteria isolated from humans and cattle to selected antibiotics.
| Drugs | Human isolates | Cattle isolates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli (n = 133), N(%) | K. pneumoniae (n = 31), N(%) | Others (n = 12) N(%) |
E. coli (n = 84), N(%) | K. pneumoniae (n = 22), N(%) |
Others (n = 14) N(%) |
|
| Ampicillin | 113 (85) | IR | 12 (100) | 67 (80) | IR | 14 (100) |
| Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid | 81 (60) | 27 (87) | 11 (92) | 56 (67) | 18 (82) | 11 (79) |
| Cefazolin | 130 (98) | 29 (94) | 12 (100) | 81 (96) | 20 (91) | 13 (92) |
| Cefuroxime | 63 (47) | 23 (74) | 12 (100) | 41 (49) | 14 (64) | 12 (86) |
| Ceftazidime | 48 (36) | 18 (58) | 8 (7) | 30 (36) | 11 (50) | 7 (50) |
| Ceftriaxone | 47 (35) | 18 (58) | 7 (58) | 30 (36) | 11 (50) | 6 (43) |
| Cefepime | 47 (35) | 19 (61) | 7(58) | 30 (36) | 12 (55) | 5 (36) |
| Ciprofloxacin | 5 (4) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 4 (18) | 0 (0) |
| Levofloxacin | 5 (4) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 4 (18) | 0 (0) |
| Gentamycin | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (7) |
| Tetracycline | 15 (11) | 10 (32) | 1 (8) | 14 (17) | 9 (41) | 1 (7) |
| Nitrofurantoin | 28 (21) | 13 (42) | 10 (83) | 27 (32) | 11 (50) | 7 (50) |
| Imipenem | 5 (4) | 2 (7) | 3 (25) | 4 (5) | 3 (14) | 3 (21) |
| Ertapenem | 12 (9) | 4 (13) | 1 (8) | 10 (12) | 2 (9) | 2 (14) |
| Cotrimoxazole | 96 (72) | 14 (45) | 4 (33) | 44 (52) | 8 (36) | 4 (29) |
IR Intrinsically Resistant, Others Klebsiella oxitoca, Serretia fonticola, Kluyvera ascorbate, Enterobacter cloacae, Enterobacter aerogenes).