Enzymatic Activity and Horizontal Gene Transfer of Heavy Metals and Antibiotic Resistant Proteus vulgaris from Hospital Wastewater: An Insight

Table 5

Antibiotic resistance patterns in P. vulgaris (n = 50) from the hospital wastewater.

No. of antibiotics	No. of resistant isolates (%)	Resistance pattern	Percentages	MAR index
1	1(2)	M	2
2	1 (2)	M, AMP	12	0.02
	3 (6)	M, P
	1 (2)	M, NA
	1 (2)	AMP, K
3	1 (2)	NA, AMX, TET	12	0.03
	1 (2)	M, AMX, AMP
	1 (2)	M, AMOX, P
	3 (6)	M, AMP, P
4	3 (6)	M, AMP, P, PBY	18	0.02
	3 (6)	M, AMOX, AMP, P
	1 (2)	M, AMP, N, PB
	1 (2)	M, AMP, P, E
5	1 (2)	M, NA, AMP, P, E	12	0.05
	1 (2)	M, NA, AMP, P, PB
	1 (2)	M, AMX, AMP, P, PB
	1 (2)	M, AMX, K, P, PB
	1 (2)	M, AMX, AMP, P, CIP
	1 (2)	M, NA, AMX, AMP, P
6	2 (4)	M, NA, AMX, AMP, P, PB	16	0.05
	1 (2)	M, AMX, AMP, P, N, PB
	1 (2)	M, NA, AMX, AMP, P, CIP
	1 (2)	M, NA, P, NR, PB, CIP
	1 (2)	M, AMP, P, OF, GENT, PB
	1 (2)	M, AMX, AMP, P, TET, PB
	1 (2)	M, NA, AMX, AMP, P, PB, CIP
7	2 (4)	M, NA, AMX, AMP, P, PB, CIP	16	0.05
	1 (2)	M, AMX, AMP, P, NR, PB, E
	1 (2)	M, NA, K, AMP, P, N, PB
	1 (2)	M, NA, AMX, K, AMP, P, TET
	2 (4)	M, NA, AMX, AMP, P, CHL, E
	1 (2)	M, NA, AMX, AMP, P, PB, E
9	1 (2)	M, AMOX, K, AMP, P, TET, NR, CHL, E	6	0.2
	1 (2)	M, NA, AMX, K, AMP, P, GENT, N, TET, E
	1 (2)	M, NA, AMX, AMP, P, NR, PB, CHL, E
11	1 (2)	M, NA, AMX, K, AMP, P, GENT, CHL, PB, CIP, NR	2	0.7
12	1 (2)	M, AMX, K, AMP, P, GENT, N, TET, CHL, PB, CIP, E	4	0.4
	1 (2)	M, NA, AMX, AMP, P, OF, GENT, N, CHL, CIP,

AMX = amoxicillin, OF = ofloxacin, E = erythromycin, GEN = gentamycin, M = methicillin, NA = nalidixic acid, N = neomycin, P = penicillin, NR = nitrofurazone, CHL = chloramphenicol, TET = tetracycline, CIP= ciprofloxacin, K = kanamycin, PB = polymixin B, AMP = ampicillin.