Research Article

Prevalence and Antibiotics Susceptibility Pattern of Salmonella and Shigella Species among Diarrheal Patients Attending Nekemte Referral Hospital, Oromia, Ethiopia

Table 3

Multidrug resistance pattern of Salmonella and Shigella species from diarrheal patients attending Nekemte Referral Hospital, October 2015 to February 2016.

Bacterial IsolatesNumber isolateAntibiotics resisted

Shigella species3 (33.33 %)GEN, AM

Salmonella species1 (3.33%)C, AM
1 (3.33%)CIP, AM
1 (3.33%)C, CIP, CRO, NA, GEN, NOR

Parenthesis. GEN = gentamicin; AM = amoxicillin; C = chloramphenicol; CIP = ciprofloxacin; CRO = ceftriaxone; NA = nalidixic acid; NOR = norfloxacin.