Evaluation of Bacterial Load and Antibiotic Resistance Pattern of Staphylococcus aureus from Ready-to-Eat Raw Beef in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia

Table 2

Multiple drug-resistance profile of S. aureus isolates from the raw beef sample in Bahir Dar city.

Number of antibiotics showing resistance	Number and frequency (%) of resistant isolates	Type of antibiotics
Three	19 (34.54%)	CAF + CLI + PEN; CEF + CAF + PEN; CEF + CLI + PEN (4); CEF + ERY + PEN; CEF + ERY + TTC; CEF + GEN + PEN; CEF + PEN + TSX; CEF + PEN + TTC (5); CLI + PEN + TSX; PEN + TTC + TSX (3)
Four	20 (36.36)	CAF + CEF + CLI + PEN; CAF + CEF + PEN + TTC (2); CAF + CLI + PEN + TTC; CEF + CLI + ERY + TSX (2); CEF + CLI + PEN + TSX; CEF + CLI + PEN + TTC (9); CEF + PEN + TTC + TSX (2); CLI + PEN + TTC + TSX; GEN + PEN + TTC + TSX
Five	7 (12.73)	CAF + CEF + CLI + PEN + TTC (3); CEF + CLI + ERY + PEN + TTC; CEF + CLI + GEN + PEN + TTC (2); CEF + GEN + PEN + TTC + TSX

CAF = chloramphenicol, CEF = cefoxitin, CLI = clindamycin, ERY = erythromycin, GEN = gentamycin, PEN = penicillin, TTC = tetracycline, TSX = trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.