Characterization of Pathogenic Bacteria Isolated from Sudanese Banknotes and Determination of Their Resistance Profile

Table 2

Percentage resistance to each relevant antibiotic among all isolated Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria (N = 61).

Antibiotics	Percentage resistance
(1) Ampicillin (AMP) 10 µg	(61) 100%
(2) Amoxicillin (AMX) 25 µg	(39) 64%
(3) Amoxiclav (AMC) 30 µg	(27) 44%
(4) Cefuroxime (CXM) 30 µg	(18) 30%
(5) Cephalexin (CN) 30 µg	(17) 28%
(6) Nitrofurantoin (NIT) 200 µg	(8) 13%
(7) Ceftriaxone (CTR) 30 µg	(8) 13%
(8) Ceftazidime (CAZ) 30 µg	(6) 10%
(9) Amikacin (AK) 30 µg	(6) 10%
(10) Gentamicin (GEN) 10 µg	(2) 3%
(11) Chloramphenicol (C) 30 µg	(1) 2%
(12) Ciprofloxacin (CIP) 30 µg	(0) 0%
(13) Levofloxacin (LE) 5 µg	(0) 0%
(14) Co-trimoxazole (COT) 25 µg	(0) 0%
(15) Meropenem (MEM) 10 µg	(0) 0%
(16) Penicillin-G (P) (10IU)	12^G (100%)
(17) Erythromycin (E) 5 µg	5^G (42%)
(18) Azithromycin (AZM) 15 µg	4^G (33%)

G: percentage resistance of examined Gram-positive bacteria isolates (N = 12).