Research Article
Molecular Characterization and Antimicrobial Resistance of Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains in Children from Wolaita Sodo, Southern Ethiopia
Table 4
Multidrug resistance patterns of Escherichia coli isolates.
| | Number of antimicrobial agents | Isolates from children (n = 68) | Number of isolates (%) | | Multidrug resistance patterns/number of isolates |
| | Two | SNM-OT (1); NOR-CLN (1); STM-NE (1) | 3 (4.4) | | Three | TE-NE-CHL (1); TRM-CLN-AMP (1); STM, CLN, OT (2) | 4 (5.9) | | Four | AMP-OT-NE-CLN (1); CHL, CLN, TRM, NE (1); CLN, TRM, TE, AMP (1) | 3 (4.4) | | Five | NOR-CLN-SNM-CHL-STM (1); OT-NE- -CHL-NE-TRM (1) TRM-NOR-CLN-SNM-TE (1); STM-NOR TE-CIP-CHL (1) | 4 (5.9) | | Six | NE-TE-CIP-CHL-TRM-NOR (2); NOR-CLN-SNM-OT AMP-STM (1); CHL-TRM-NOR-AMP-STM-TE (3). | 6 (8.8) | | Seven | TE-STM-CLN-NOR-CHL-NE-TRM (3); SNM-OT-CHL-TRM-NOR-STM-NE-TE (3); CLN-SNM-CHL-STM-NE-TE-AMP (2) | 8 (11.8) | | Eight | CIP-TRM-NOR-SNM-OT-AMP-STM-NE (2); TE-CIP-CHL-TRM-NOR-CLN-SNM-OT (3); AMP-STM-NE-TE-CIP-CHL-TRM-NOR (2); | 7 (10.3) | | Nine | OT-TE-AMP-STM-NE-CIP-CHL-TRM-CLN (2); NOR-AMP-CLN-SNM-OT-NE-CHL-TRM-STM (1); CHL-TRM-NOR-CLN-STM-NE-TE-SNM-OT (3) | 6 (8.8) | | Ten | TRM-AMP-STM-CLN-OT-NOR-CHL-NE-NOR-TE (1); TRM-CLN-SNM-CHL-STM-NE-CIP-TE-OT-NOR (1) | 2 (2.9) | | Total | | 43 (63.2%) |
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AMP-ampicillin; CLN-clindamycin; CHL-chloramphenicol; CIP-ciprofloxacillin; STM-Streptomycin; NE-neomycin; NOR-norfloxacillin; OT-oxytetracycline; TE-tetracycline; TRM-trimethoprim; SNM-sulphonamides; n = number.
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