Research Article
Molecular Characterization and Antimicrobial Resistance of Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains in Children from Wolaita Sodo, Southern Ethiopia
Table 3
Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in Escherichia coli isolates.
| | Antimicrobial agents | Susceptible | Intermediate | Resistant |
| | Ampicillin | 8 (11.8) | 12 (17.6) | 48 (70.6) | | Chloramphenicol | 30 (44.1) | — | 38 (55.9 | | Ciprofloxacin | 62 (91.2) | 2 (2.9) | 4 (5.9) | | Clindamycin | 5 (7.4) | — | 63 (92.6) | | Neomycin | 2 (2.9) | — | 66 (97.1) | | Norfloxacillin | 59 (86.8) | — | 9 (13.2) | | Oxytetracycline | 13 (19) | 15 (22) | 40 (58.8) | | Streptomycin | 3 (4.4) | — | 65 (95.6) | | Sulphonamides | 7 (10.3) | 21 (30.9) | 40 (58.8) | | Tetracycline | 10 (14.7) | 14 (20.6) | 44 (64.7) | | Trimethoprim | 16 (23.5) | 6 (8.8) | 46 (67.6) | | Total (%) | 215 (28.7) | 70 (9.4) | 463 (61.9) |
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