Research Article
Molecular Characterization and Antimicrobial Resistance of Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains in Children from Wolaita Sodo, Southern Ethiopia
Table 6
Multidrug resistance of pathogenic Escherichia coli strains.
| | Number of drugs resisted | Multidrug resistance patterns/number of strains | Number of strains/% |
| | Four | CLN-SNM-CHL-TRM (1); AMP-CHL-NE-STM (2) | 3 (7.9) | | Five | AMP-NE-CHL-NOR-SNM-(1); CLN-TRM-OT-STM-AMP (2); STM-NOR-CLN-SNM-TE (3) | 6 (15.9) | | Six | NE-OT-CHL-TRM-NOR-CLN (1); AMP-STM-NE-OT-CHL-TRM (1); NOR-CHL-NE-SNM-CLN-AMP-(2) | 4 (10.5) | | Seven | STM-CLN-NE-SNM-CHL-TRM-NOR (2); NE-NOR-CLN-SNM-OT-AMP-STM (1); CHL-TRM-NE-OT-STM-TE-CLN (1) | 4 (10.5) | | Eight | SNM-TRM-NOR-TE-CIP-OT-AMP-NE (4); STM-AMP-CHL-TRM-CLN-TE-NOR-OT (3); AMP-STM-NE-TE-CIP-CHL-CLN-TRM (3) | 10 (26.4) | | Nine | CLN-NOR-TRM-STM-NE-CIP-CHL-AMP-TE (2); NOR-AMP-CLN-SNM-OT-NE-CHL-TRM-STM (3); AMP-STM-NE-TE-SNM-OT-TE-CHL-CIP-TRM (3) | 8 (21) | | Ten | CLN-NE-CHL-AMP-OT-SNM-TRM-STM-NOR-TE (2) AMP-OT-CIP-TRM-TE-CHL-CLN-TRM-NE-SNM (1) | 3 (7.9) | | Total | | 38 (100%) |
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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.
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