Antibacterial activity of natural spices on multiple drug resistant Escherichia coli isolated from drinking water, Bangladesh

Table 1 Antibiotic resistant pattern of the isolated strains

	Growth inhibition zone in millimeter
	NOR	CC	N	FOX	S	CPX	C	T	P	E	CTX	NA	CX	K	AM
Isolate 1	22	-	14	18	16	20	19	19	-	14	25	17	-	17	18
Isolate 2	27	-	15	21	20	35	26	24	-	10	31	26	-	20	26
Isolate 3	26	-	15	21	17	30	23	25	7	14	27	20	-	17	26
Isolate 4	30	-	16	22	10	34	30	17	-	18	30	22	-	20	-
Isolate 5	29	-	15	21	21	30	27	25	-	20	34	25	-	20	25

Note: "-" = Negative test, NOR = Norfloxacin (10 μg/disc), CC = Clindamycin (2 μg/disc), N = Neomycin (30 μg/disc), FOX = Cefoxitin (30 μg/disc), S = Streptomycin (10 μg/disc), CPX = Ciprofloxacin (5 μg/disc), C = Chloramphenicol (30 mcg/disc), T = Tetracycline (30 mcg/disc), P = Penicillin G (10 units/disc), E = Erythromycin (15 mcg/disc), CTX = Cefotaxime (30 μg/disc), NA = Nalidixic acid (30 mcg/disc), CX = Cloxacillin (1 mcg/disc), K = Kanamycin (30 mcg/disc), AM = Amoxicillin (30 mcg/disc).