Renaissance of Conventional First-Line Antibiotics in Salmonella enterica Clinical Isolates: Assessment of MICs for Therapeutic Antimicrobials in Enteric Fever Cases from Nepal

Table 1

Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Salmonella isolates.

Antimicrobials	Susceptibility of Salmonella Typhi			Susceptibility of Salmonella Paratyphi
	()			()
	Sensitive	Intermediate	Resistant	Sensitive	Intermediate	Resistant
	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
Ampicillin	70 (94.6)	2 (2.7)	2 (2.7)	14 (100)	—	—
Azithromycin	74 (100)	—	—	14 (100)	—	—
Chloramphenicol	74 (100)	—	—	14 (100)	—	—
Cotrimoxazole	74 (100)	—	—	14 (100)	—	—
Cefixime	74 (100)	—	—	14 (100)	—	—
Ceftriaxone	74 (100)	—	—	14 (100)	—	—
Tetracycline	72 (97.3)	2 (2.7)	—	14 (100)	—	—
Levofloxacin	16 (21.6)	52 (70.3)	6 (8.1)	8 (57.1)	6 (42.9)	—
Ciprofloxacin	16 (21.6)	52 (70.3)	6 (8.1)	8 (57.1)	6 (42.9)	—
Nalidixic acid	16 (21.6)	—	58 (78.4)	8 (57.1)	—	6 (42.9)