Renaissance of Conventional First-Line Antibiotics in Salmonella enterica Clinical Isolates: Assessment of MICs for Therapeutic Antimicrobials in Enteric Fever Cases from Nepal

Table 2

MIC distribution of Salmonella isolates.

Antibiotic; (breakpoint)	Bacterial isolates	MIC (µg/ml)										Total
		0.0075	0.015	0.03	0.06	0.125	0.5	1	2	4	8
AZM (≤16 µg/ml)	S. Typhi	—	—	—	—	37	19	17	1	—	—	74
	S. Paratyphi	—	—	—	—	7	—	2	5	—	—	14
CFM (≤1 µg/ml)	S. Typhi	9	2	18	16	20	9	—	—	—	—	74
	S. Paratyphi	—	—	7	6	1	—	—	—	—	—	14
C (≤8 µg/ml)	S. Typhi	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18	29	27	74
	S. Paratyphi	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	9	14
CIP (≤0.06 µg/ml)	S. Typhi	8	4	18	38	—	2	4	—	—	—	74
	S. Paratyphi	4	4	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14

S.: Salmonella, AZM: azithromycin, CFM: cefixime, C: chloramphenicol, CIP: ciprofloxacin, and MIC: minimum inhibitory concentration.