Research Article

Antimicrobial and Herbal Drug Resistance in Enteric Bacteria Isolated from Faecal Droppings of Common House Lizard/Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)

Table 2

Antimicrobial drug resistance of bacteria isolated from faecal droppings of geckos.

BacteriaTotal isolates testedNumber of isolates resistant to antimicrobial discs ofMDR strains
A CTX C CfCo GNf T

Citrobacter diversus 3100000300
C. freundii 4323221411503
C. amalonaticus 3000010100
Edwardsiella tarda 400000100
Ed. hoshiniae 1000000000
Enterobacter cloacae 3110000000
Ent. agglomerans 2100000000
Ent. amnigenus BG-I5300000000
Ent. amnigenusBG-II3210020001
Ent. cancerogenus 1111000101
Ent. gregoviae 5401000301
Ent. sakazaki 1000000000
Erwinia ananas 1000000000
Escherichia blattae 6313051203
E. coli 44137621401088
E. fergusonii 1000000000
Hafnea alvei 1000000000
Klebsiella oxytoca 2200000100
K. pneumoniae 3535230402315
Leminorella ghrimontii 1000000000
Listonella damsele 3230020002
Pragia fontium 4300000100
Proteus penneri 2001010111
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 3203000302
Raoultella terrigena 330000000
Salmonella indica 30400010200
Salmonella salamae 7700000000
Salmonella houtenae 4100000010
Serratia fonticola 100000000
Serratia marcescens 1100000100

Total 22311218203342681127

% resistant strains50.28.19.01.315.20.930.54.9

Chi-test values 0.999 0.911 0.172

A: ampicillin 10 µg; CTX: cefotaxime 30 µg; C: chloramphenicol 30 µg; Cf: ciprofloxacin 5 µg; Co: cotrimoxazole 25 µg; G: gentamicin 10 µg; Nf: nitrofurantoin 300 µg; T: tetracycline 30 µg.
Note: Chi-square test was done to test the null hypothesis that type of bacteria had no effect on resistance to antimicrobial drug.