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Table 3 Multidrug resistance patterns in E. coli isolated from chicken visceral organs

From: Identification and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Escherichia coli isolated from backyard chicken in and around ambo, Central Ethiopia

Number

Antimicrobial resistance pattern

No. of resistant isolates (%)

Two

AMX CRX

34 (41.5)

Four

AMX CRX CHL

10 (12.2)

Four

AMX CRX TET

20 (24.4)

Five

AMX CRX TET NIT

8 (9.8)

Seven

AMX CRX TET NIT KN NLD

6 (7.3)

Seven

AMX CRX TET NIT KN CHL

4 (4.9)

  1. AMX-Amoxicillin (β-lactams), CRX-Cefuroxime (Cephems), TET-Tetracycline, CHL- Chloramphinicol (Phenicols), NIT-Nitrofurantoin, KN-Kanaycin (Aminoglcosides), NLD- Nalidxic acid (Quinolones)