Research Article
Bacteriological Contaminants of Some Fresh Vegetables Irrigated with Awetu River in Jimma Town, Southwestern Ethiopia
Table 5
Multiple drug resistance (MDR) of S. aureus and Samonella spp. isolated from water and vegetable samples.
| | Isolates | Number of drugs resisted | Drugs resisted | Resistant isolates | | Subtotal number (%) | Total Number (%) |
| | S. aureus (36 isolates) | Three | Amp/Cef/Pen | 7 (19.4) | 7 (19.4) | | Four | Amp/Te/Cef/Pen | 7 (19.4) | 7 (19.4) | | Five | Amp/Te/Cot/Cef/Pen | 11 (30.6) | 13 (36.1) | | Amp/Gen/Te/Cef/Pen | 2 (5.6) | | Six | Amp/Te/Ery/Cot/Cef/Pen | 4 (11.1) | 7 (19.4) | | Amp/Gen/Te/Ery/Cef/Pen | 1 (2.8) | | Amp/Gen/Te/Cot/Cef/Pen | 2 (5.6) | | Seven | Amp/Te/Ery/Cot/Cef/Pen/Nor | 2 (5.6) | 2 (5.6) |
| Salmonella spp.
(31 isolates) | Four | Te/Ery/Pen/Cef | 3 (9.7) | 3 (9.7) | | Five | Te/Ery/Pen/Cef/Amp | 26 (83.9) | 26 (83.9) | | Six | Te/Ery/Pen/Cef/Amp/Cot | 2 (6.5) | 2 (6.5) |
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Where Amp stands for ampicillin, Pen, penicillin, Cef, cefuroxime sodium, Te, tetracycline, Cot, co-trimoxazole, Gen, gentamycin, Ery, erythromycin, and Nor, norfloxacin.
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