Isolation and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Campylobacter Species among Diarrheic Children at Jimma, Ethiopia

Table 3

Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Campylobacter spp. isolated from under-five children with diarrhea at Jimma University Specialized Hospital (JUSH) and Jimma Health Center (JHC), Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia, July–October 2012.

Antimicrobial agents	Number of Campylobacter isolates			% of resistant isolates
	S	I	R
Ampicillin (10 𝜇g)	9	0	29	76.3
Chloramphenicol (30 𝜇g)	26	0	12	31.6
Tetracycline (30 𝜇g)	20	3	15	39.5
Gentamicin (10 𝜇g)	31	2	5	13.2
Doxycycline (30 𝜇g)	26	3	9	23.7
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (25 𝜇g)	12	0	26	68.4
Ciprofloxacin (5 𝜇g)	30	2	6	15.8
Norfloxacin (10 𝜇g)	34	0	4	10.5
Erythromycin (15 𝜇g )	29	2	7	18.4
Clindamycin (2 𝜇g)	24	4	10	26.3
Cephalothin (30 𝜇g)	0	0	38	100
Nalidixic acid (30 𝜇g)	34	0	4	10.5

Keys: S: sensitive; I: intermediate; R: resistant.