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Table 4 Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Salmonella and Shigella isolated from food handlers Of Adigrat University Students’ Cafeteria, Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia, March to August 2018 (N = 33)

From: Prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility pattern, and associated factors of Salmonella and Shigella among food handlers in Adigrat University student’s cafeteria, northern Ethiopia, 2018

Isolates(n)

Sensitivity pattern n(%)

Antimicrobial agents N (%)

GM

AML

AMP

CIP

CLR

TS

AMC

CHL

CRO

Salmonella n(22)

S

22 (100)

1 (4.5)

0 (0.00)

22 (100)

18 (81.8)

20 (90.9)

13 (59.1)

22 (100)

22 (100)

R

0 (0.00)

21 (95.5)

22 (100)

(0.00)

4 (18.2)

2 (9.1)

9 (40.9)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

Shigella n (11)

S

10 (90.9)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

11 (100)

2 (18.2)

10 (90.9)

6 (54.5)

9 (81.2)

10 (90.9)

R

1 (9.1)

11 (100)

11 (100)

0 (0.00)

9 (81.2)

1 (9.1)

5 (45.5)

2 (18.2)

1 (9.1)

  1. Key: S = Sensitive R = Resistant, GM Gentamicin, AML Amoxicillin, AMP Ampicillin, CIP=Ciprofloxacin, CLR Clarithromycin, TS Cotrimoxazole, AMC Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid CHL Chloramphenicol, CRO Ceftriaxone