Table 3.

antibiotic resistance classes of Escherichia coli isolated from Suya sold in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Classes of Antibiotics Resistance	No. (%) E. coli (n=40)
MDR	39 (97.5)
XDR	0(0.0)
PDR	1 (2.5)
NMDR	0(0.0)

NMDR = Non-Multi-Drug Resistance (non-susceptible to a class of antimicrobial categories); MDR = Multi-Drug Resistance (non-susceptible to ≥ 1 agent in ≥ 3 antimicrobial categories); XDR = Extensive Drug Resistance (non-susceptible to ≥ 1 agent in all but ≤ 2 antimicrobial categories); PDR = Pan Drug Resistance (non-susceptible to all antimicrobial listed) (Magiorakos et al., 2012)