Assessment of the Bacteriological Profile and Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Wastewater in Health Facilities of Ethiopia

Table 5

Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of bacterial isolates from effluent released from Secha Health Center.

Bacterial isolates	Antimicrobial agents (frequency (percentage))
		AMC	AMP	CPR	CTR	CHL	CTX	GN	TET	KAN	DOX	ERY
Klebsiella spp. [2]	S	2 (100)	0 (0)	2 (100)	2 (100)	2 (100)	2 (100)	2 (100)	2 (100)	2 (100)	2 (100)	—
	I	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	—
	R	0 (0)	2 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	—
E. coli [2]	S	2 (100)	0 (0)	1 (50)	2 (100)	2 (100)	2 (100)	2 (100)	2 (100)	2 (100)	1 (50)	—
	I	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (50)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	—
	R	0 (0)	2 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (50)	—
S. aureus [2]	S	2 (100)	0 (0)	2 (100)	1 (50)	2 (100)	1 (50)	2 (100)	1 (50)	—	—	2 (100)
	I	0 (0)	1 (50)	0 (0)	1 (50)	0 (0)	1 (50)	0 (0)	0 (0)	—	—	0 (0)
	R	0 (0)	1 (50)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (50)	—	—	0 (0)

AMC: amoxicillin; AMP: ampicillin; CPR: ciprofloxacin; CTR: ceftriaxone; CHL: chloramphenicol; CTX: ceftazidime; GN: gentamycin; TET: tetracycline; KAN: kanamycin; DOX: doxycycline; ERY: erythromycin; S: susceptible; I: intermediate; R: resistant.