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Table 5 Antimicrobial resistance rates of Salmonella spp, Shigella spp and diarrheagenic E. coli from the stool, Zambia, DRC, Mozambique and Tanzania

From: Antimicrobial resistance in human and animal pathogens in Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique and Tanzania: an urgent need of a sustainable surveillance system

Antibiotic

Resistance rate in different studies%Salmonella spp(range):ref:[[41, 42]]

Mean resistance n/N* (%)

Ampicillin

25

10/40(25)

Co-trimoxazole

78, 18 (18 – 78)

29/61(48)

Chloramphenicol

15

6/40 (15)

Tetracycline

94, 15 (15 – 94)

33/61(55)

Cefotaxime

14

3/21(14)

Erythromycin

86

18/21(86)

 

Resistance rate in different studies % Shigella spp (range): ref: [43–45]

 

Ampicillin

97, 56 (56 – 97)

130/171 (77)

Co-trimoxazole

97, 84 (84 – 97)

155/171 (91)

Chloramphenicol

94, 52 (52 – 94)

125/171(73)

Tetracycline

98, 66 (66 – 98)

140/171 (82)

Erythromycin

19

12/62 (19)

 

Resistance rate in different studies % diarrheagenic E. coli (range): ref [51, 52, 54]

 

Ampicillin

72, 100 (72 – 100)

89/104 (86)

Co-trimoxazole

71, 60, 58 (58 – 71)

74/118 (63)

Chloramphenicol

45, 100 (45 – 100)

75/104 (73)

Tetracycline

48, 100 (48 – 100)

77.104 (74)

Erythromycin

83

12/14 (83)

Ciprofloxacin

1

1/94 (1)

Nitrofurantoin

23

3/14 (23)

  1. N*=Total number of isolates tested.