In vitro antibiotic susceptibility testing of Brucella isolates from Egypt between 1999 and 2007 and evidence of probable rifampin resistance

Table 3 Percentages of Brucella isolates with reduced susceptibility to rifampin (MIC ≥2 μg/ml) from 1999–2007

Year	Number of isolates tested	Number of isolates with rifampin(MIC ≥2 μg/ml	%
1999	19	1	5
2000	66	6	9
2001	63	41	65
2002	13	13	100
2003	10	10	100
2004	7	7	100
2005	20	20	100
2006	100	81	81
2007	57	46	81
Total	355	225	63

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