Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Geospatial Investigation of Nigerian Honey and Detection of Anti-Enteric Biomarker

Table 1

Antibiogram of enteric biotypes to commonly used antibiotics.


Antibiotics (μg/mL)	Antibiotic susceptibility pattern (N = 406)				χ²	value
Antibiotics (μg/mL)	S n (%)	I n (%)	R n (%)	MIC (>16 μg/ml) (n)	χ²	value

Tetracycline	170 (41.9)	174 (42.9)	62 (15.3)	21 (33.9)
Cefuroxime	62 (15.3)	90 (22.2)	254 (62.6)	35 (13.8)
Augmentin	125 (30.8)	61 (15.0)	220 (54.2)	32 (14.6)
Ceftazidime	181 (44.6)	110 (27.1)	115 (28.3)	29 (25.2)	31.094	0.004
Gentamycin	143 (35.2)	176 (43.3)	87 (21.4)	18 (20.7)
Cotrimoxazole	165 (40.6)	147 (36.2)	94 (23.2)	42 (44.7)
Ofloxacin	285 (70.2)	102 (25.1)	79 (19.5)	17 (21.5)
Ampicillin	30 (7.4)	126 (31.0)	250 (61.6)	43 (17.2)
Ciprofloxacin	188 (46.3)	128 (31.5)	90 (22.2)	35 (38.9)

S = susceptible, I = intermediate, R = resistant, N = total number of enteric bacteria isolates obtained, n = number of bacteria isolates, and % = percentage of bacteria. CLSI (2012). (χ² = 31.094; ).