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Table 2 Antibiotic resistance patterns of Shigella and Salmonella isolate among children aged below 5 years with diarrhoea at NEMM Hospital, Hosanna town, South Ethiopia, 2017

From: Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Shigella and Salmonella among children aged below five years with Diarrhoea attending Nigist Eleni Mohammed memorial hospital, South Ethiopia

Isolate

No (%) of isolates resistance

n

AMP

GEN

KAN

NAL

CRO

SXT

CAF

NOR

CIP

Shigella

17

14 (82.4)

13 (76.5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (17.6)

11 (64.7)

8 (47.1)

0 (0)

3 (17.6)

Salmonella

2

2 (100)

2 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (50)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Total

19

16 (84.2)

15 (78.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (15.8)

12(63.2)

8 (42.1)

0 (0)

3 (15.8)

  1. Key: AMP Ampicillin, TTC Tetracycline, GEN Gentamicin, KAN kanamycin, NAL Nalidixic acid, CRO ceftiraxone, SXT Trimethoprime-Sulphamethoxazole(co-trimoxazole), CAF Chloramphenicol, NOR Norfoloxacin, CIP Ciprofloxacin