Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Staphylococcus aureus in Milk and Traditionally Processed Dairy Products in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 4

Antimicrobial resistance pattern of Staphylococcus aureus isolates in milk and other dairy products in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

No. of antimicrobials to which isolates were resistant	Resistance pattern	No.	%
One	AM	2	3.9
Two	AM, AMC	7	13.5
	AM, TE	1	1.9
	TE, SXT	1	1.9
	AM, SXT	1	1.9
	AM, E	1	1.9
Three	AM, AMC, TE	7	13.5
	AMC, TE, SXT	1	1.9
	AM, AMC, SXT	1	1.9
	AM, AN, SXT	1	1.9
Four	AM, AMC, TE, SXT	3	5.8
	AM, AMC, FOX, TE	4	7.7
	AM, AMC, FOX, SXT	4	7.7
	AM, AMC, GM, SXT	1	1.9
	AM, AMC, CIP, SXT	1	1.9
	AM, AMC, FOX, GM	1	1.9
	AM, AMC, FOX, E,	1	1.9
	AM, AMC, CF, E	1	1.9
Five	AM, AMC, AN, CIP, SXT	1	1.9
	AM, AMC, CF, E, TE,	1	1.9
	AM,AMC, FOX, E, TE,	1	1.9
	AM, AMC, C, TE, SXT	1	1.9
	AM, AMC, E, TE, SXT	1	1.9
	AM, AMC, CF, CXT, E,	1	1.9
Six	AM, AMC, CF, FOX, E, SXT	2	3.9
	AM, AMC, FOX, E, CF, GM	2	3.9
	AM, AMC, FOX, TE, C, SXT	1	1.9
	AM, AMC, CXT, E, TE, SXT	1	1.9
Seven	AM, AMC, CRO, CF, FOX, TE, SXT	1	1.9
Total		52	100

FOX: cefoxitin; CRO: ceftriaxone; AMC: amoxicillin+clavulanic acid; GN: gentamicin; C: chloramphenicol; CIP: ciprofloxacin; AMP: ampicillin; CF: cephalothin; TE: tetracycline; AN: amoxicillin; ER: erythromycin; SXT: sulfamethoxazole+trimethoprim.