Research Article

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

Table 3

Indicators of Salmonella isolates with nalidixic acid and ciprofloxacin susceptibility.

Indicators DDSTMIC (CIP only)

NA and CIP sensitive isolates24 (27.3%)24 (27.3%)
NA and CIP resistant isolates6 (6.8%)4 (4.5%)
NA resistant and CIP intermediate isolates58 (65.9%)2 (2.3%)
NA resistant and CIP sensitive isolatesā€”58 (65.9%)

NA: nalidixic acid, CIP: ciprofloxacin, DDST: disk diffusion susceptibility testing, and MIC: minimum inhibitory concentration.