Prevalence and Antibiotics Susceptibility Pattern of Salmonella and Shigella Species among Diarrheal Patients Attending Nekemte Referral Hospital, Oromia, Ethiopia

Table 2

Antibiotics susceptibility pattern of Salmonella and Shigella species from diarrheal patients attending Nekemte Referral Hospital, October 2015 to February 2016.

Antimicrobial	Salmonella species N (%)			Shigella species N (%)
	S	I	R	S	I	R
Ceftriaxone	28 (93.33%)	1 (3.33%)	1 (3.33%)	9 (100%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Norfloxacin	29 (96.67%)	0 (0%)	1 (3.33%)	9 (100%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Ciprofloxacin	28 (93.33%)	0 (0%)	2 (6.67%)	8 (88.89%)	1 (11.11%)	0 (0%)
Nalidixic acid	22 (73.33%)	7 (23.33%)	1 (3.33%)	8 (88.89%)	0 (0%)	1 (11.11%)
Chloramphenicol	21 (70%)	7 (23.3%)	2 (6.67%)	7 (77.78%)	1 (11.11%)	1 (11.11%)
Gentamicin	21 (70%)	6 (20%)	3 (10%)	7 (77.78%)	1 (11.11%)	1 (11.11%)
Amoxicillin	0 (0%)	3 (10%)	27 (90%)	2 (22.22%)	0 (0%)	7 (77.78%)

Parenthesis. S = sensitive; I = intermediate; R = resistance.