Research Article

Salmonella Serovars, Antibiotic Resistance, and Virulence Factors Isolated from Intestinal Content of Slaughtered Chickens and Ready-to-Eat Chicken Gizzards in the Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria

Table 5

Multidrug resistance pattern of Salmonella species isolated from intestinal contents and ready-to-eat chicken gizzards.

No.Antibiotic combinationAntibiotic groupsNo. of isolates

3CPR, CAZ, AMPQuinone, cephalo, B-lactam2
4CPR, TE, CAZ, AMPQuinone, cycline, cephalo1
4CPR, CAZ, AMP, OBSQuinolone, cephalo, sulphona2
4CPR, RL, CAZ, AMPQuinolone, B-lactam, cephalo2
5NA, CPR, TE, RL, CAZQuinolone, cycline, B-lactam, cephalo1
5CPR, TE, CAZ, AMP, OBSQuinolone, cycline, cephalo, B-lactam, sulphona1
5NA, CPR, CAZ, AMP, OBSQuinolone, cephalo, B-lactam, sulphona2
5CPR, RL, CAZ, AMP, OBSQuinolone, B-lactam, cephalo, sulphona2
5NA, CPR, TE, CAZ, AMPQuinolone, cycline, cephalo, B-lactam2
5CPR, TE, RL, CAZ, AMPQuinolone, cycline, B-lactam, cephalo1
6NA, CPR, S, CAZ, AMP, OBSQuinolone, aminogly, cephalo, B-lactam, sulphona1
6NA, CPR, TE, CAZ, AMP, OBSQuinolone, cycline, cephalo, B-lactam, sulphona1
6CPR, TE, RL, CAZ, AMP, OBSQuinolone, cycline, cephalo, B-lactam, sulphona3
6CPR, TE, S, RL, CAZ, AMPQuinolone, cycline, aminogly, cephalo, B-lactam1
6GN, CPR, TE, S, CAZ, AMPQuinolone, aminogly, cycline, cephalo, B-lactam1
6NA, CPR, TE, S, CAZ, AMPQuinolone, cycline, aminogly, cephalo, B-lactam1
6NA, CPR, TE, RL, CAZ, AMPQuinolone, cycline, B-lactam, cephalo2
6GN, CPR, TE, RL, CAZ, AMPQuinolone, aminogly, cycline, B-lactam, cephalo4
6NA, CPR, S, RL, CAZ, AMPQuinolone, aminogly, B-lactam, cephalo1
6CPR, TE, S, CAZ, AMP, OBSQuinolone, cycline, cephalo, B-lactam, sulphona1
7GN, CPR, S, RL, CAZ, AMP, OBSQuinolone, aminogly, B-lactam, cephalo, sulphona1
7NA, CPR, TE, RL, CAZ, AMP, OBSQuinolone, cycline, B-lactam, cephalo, sulphona2
7NA, GN, CPR, TE, S, CAZ, AMPQuinolone, aminogly, cycline, cephalo, B-lactam1
7NA, CPR, TE, S, RL, CAZ, AMPQuinolone, cycline, aminogly, B-lactam, cephalo2
7NA, GN, CPR, TE, RL, CAZ, AMPQuinolone, aminogly, cycline, B-lactam, cephalo1
7CPR, TE, S, RL, CAZ, AMP, OBSQuinolone, cycline, aminogly, B-lactam, cephalo, sulphona1
8NA, GN, CPR, TE, S, RL, CAZ, AMPQuinolone, aminogly, cycline, B-lactam, cephalo3

B-lactams (ampicillin (AMP), cloxacillin (RL)), cephalosporins (ceftazidime (CAZ)), quinolones (nalidixic acid (NA), ciprofloxacin (CPR)), aminoglycosides (gentamycin (GN), streptomycin (S)), cycline (tetracycline (TE)), sulphonamides (sulphonamides (OBS)).