Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria and Enterobacteriaceae Count in Abattoir Wastes and Its Receiving Waters in Limbe Municipality, Cameroon: Public Health Implications

Table 4

Bacterial isolates resistant to each antibiotic tested.

Class of antibiotic	Antibiotic	Number (%) of resistant bacterial isolates
		E. coli ()	Salmonella spp. ()	Shigella spp. ()	S. aureus ()
Penicillins	Ampicillin (AM)	34 (100)	22 (100)	30 (100)	—
	Amoxicillin-clavulanate (AMC)	4 (11.8)	5 (22.7)	2 (6.7)	—
	Penicillin (P)	—	—	—	32 (100)
Quinolone	Nalidixic acid (NA)	3 (8.8)	13 (59.1)	0	—
Tetracyclines	Tetracyline (TE)	8 (23.5)	17 (77.3)	8 (26.7)	21 (65.6)
Aminoglycoside	Streptomycin (S)	20 (58.8)	15 (68.2)	15 (50.0)	—
	Gentamicin (GM)	15 (44.1)	11 (50.0)	10 (33.3)	11 (34.4)
	Amikacin (AK)	—	—	—	0
	Kanamycin (K)	—	—	—	0
Phenicols	Chloramphenicol (C)	14 (41.2)	9 (40.9)	17 (56.7)	—
Glycopeptide	Vancomycin (VA)	—	—	—	0
Cephalosporins	Ceftriaxone (CRO)	30 (88.2)	18 (81.8)	18 (60.0)	27 (84.4)
Lincosamides	Clindamycin (DA)	—	—	—	9 (28.1)
Fluoroquinolones	Ciprofloxacin (CIP)	0	0	0	5 (15.6)

—, Not done.