Research Article

Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Salmonella, Shigella, and Intestinal Parasites and Associated Factor among Food Handlers in Dilla University Student Cafeteria, Dilla, Ethiopia

Table 5

Multidrug resistance pattern of Salmonella and Shigella species isolated from food handlers in Dilla University student cafeteria, Southern Ethiopia (November 2018–September 2019) (n = 220).

Multidrug resistanceMultidrug resistance Salmonella speciesMultidrug resistance Shigella species
Serogroup B (n = 3)Serogroup C (n = 7)Serogroup D (n = 11)S. flexneri (n = 4)S. sonnei (n = 1)S. boydii (n = 2)

R00 (0.0%)1 (14.3%)1 (9.1%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
R10 (0.0%)1 (14.3%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
R21 (33.3%)0 (0.0%)2 (18.2%)1 (25%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
R31 (33.3%)2 (28.6%)2 (18.2%)2 (50%)1 (100%)1 (50%)
R41 (33.3%)1 (14.3%)1 (9.1%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
R50 (0.0%)1 (14.3%)3 (27.3%)1 (25%)0 (0.0%)1 (50%)
R60 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)1 (9.1%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
≥R70 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)1 (9.1%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)

Ro = bacterial isolate sensitive to all antibiotics, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and ≥R7 = bacterial isolate resistance to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and ≥7 antibiotics, respectively.