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Table 7 Antimicrobial resistance pattern of diarrhoeagenic E. coli isolatesa

From: Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli in mother-child Pairs in Ile-Ife, South Western Nigeria

Antimicrobial agents

No of resistant DEC isolates (%)

Non DEC (%)

P-value

EPEC (N = 14)

EAEC (N = 21)

EHEC (N = 6)

ETEC (N = 40)

STEC (N = 42)

EIEC (N = 2)

Total (N = 125)

N = 736

 

Tetracycline

14 (100)

21 (100)

6 (100)

37 (92.5)

39 (92.9)

2 (100)

119 (95.2)

683 (92.8)

0.326

Trimethoprim

11 (78.6)

21 (100)

5 (83.3)

36 (90)

38 (90.5)

2 (100)

113 (90.4)

617 (83.8)

0.059

Sulphonamide

12 (85.7)

21 (100)

6 (100)

37 (92.5)

40 (95.2)

2 (100)

118 (94.4)

689 (93.6)

0.738

Ampicillin

13 (92.9)

21 (100)

6 (100)

39 (97.5)

40 (95.2)

2 (100)

121 (96.8)

666 (90.5)

0.061

Ciprofloxacin

1 (7.1)

0 (0)

1 (16.7)

3 (7.3)

4 (9.5)

0 (0)

9 (7.2)

65 (8.8)

0.547

Streptomycin

12 (85.7)

21 (100)

6 (100)

35 (87.5)

39 (92.9)

2 (100)

115 (92)

706 (95.9)

0.090

Nalidixic acid

4 (28.6)

8 (38.1)

3 (50)

20 (50)

23 (54.8)

1 (50)

58 (46.4)

351 (47.7)

0.902

Chloramphenicol

16 (42.9)

12 (57.2)

1 (16.7)

13 (32.5)

25 (59.5)

1 (50)

58 (46.4)

356 (48.4)

0.538

  1. a DEC diarrhoeagenic E. coli, EPEC Enteropathogenic E. coli, EAEC Enteroaggregative E. coli, EHEC Enteroheamorrhagic E. coli, ETEC Enterotoxigenic E. coli, STEC Shiga toxin producing E. coli, EIEC Enteroinvasive E. coli, P probability