Table 4.
Multi-Drug Resistance Profiles of E. Coli and E. Coli O157: H7 Isolates in Samples Obtained from Abattoir and Butcher Shops in Jimma Town, Southwest of Ethiopia
| Sources of Isolates | Resistance Patterns | Antibiotics Classes | Sources of MDR (%) | MDR Isolates (%) | Total MDR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat Samples | Ceacal Content | Swab Samples | E. coli | E. coli O157: H7 | ||||
| Abattoir house (n=72) | Abattoir house (N=72) | (n=22) | (n=28) | (n=22) | (n=55) | (n=17) | (n=72) | |
| Amp, ERY, SXT | R3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| AMP, ERY, TET | R3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| AMP, ERY, SXT, TET | R4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| AMP, ERY, AMC, CXT, SXT, TET | R4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| AMP, ERY, AMC, SXT, TET, STR, GEN | R5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sub-Total MDR | 9 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 29/72 | ||
| Butcher shops (n=57) | Butcher shops (N=57) | (n=31) | ─ | (n=26) | (n=47) | (n=10) | (n=57) | |
| AMP, ERY, SXT | R3 | 5 | ─ | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| AMP, ERY, TET | R3 | 4 | ─ | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| AMP, ERY, SXT, TET | R4 | 3 | ─ | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| AMP, ERY, AMC, CXT, SXT, TET | R4 | 2 | ─ | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| AMP, ERY, AMC, SXT, TET, STR, GEN | R5 | 1 | ─ | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sub-Total MDR | 15 | ─ | 13 | 21 | 7 | 28/57 | ||
| Overall MDR (%) | 24 (45.3%) | 12 (42.9%) | 21 (43.8%) | 43 (42.2%) | 14 (51.8%) | 57 (44.2%) | ||
Abbreviations: R3-R5, resistance to three, four and five classes of antibiotics; AMP, ampicillin, CXT, cefotaxime, ERY, erythromycin, GEN, gentamicin, STR, streptomycin, SXT, trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole, AMC, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, TET, tetracycline.