Occurrence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Salmonella Isolates from Animal Origin Food Items in Selected Areas of Arsi Zone, Southeastern Ethiopia, 2018/19

Table 6

Multiple antimicrobial resistance profile of Salmonella isolates from animal origin food items in the selected catering establishments of the study areas.

Number of antimicrobial resistance	Antimicrobial resistance patterns (#)	Number of isolates (%) (n = 18)
Two	AMP, KAN (1)	1 (5.6)
Three	AMP, STR, KAN (1)	3 (16.7)
	AMP, STR, NTR (1)
	STR, KAN, NTR (1)
Four	AMP, STR, NTR, TTC (1)	5 (27.8)
	GN, AMP, STR, KAN (1)
	GN, AMP, STR, NTR (1)
	AMP, STR, KAN, NTR (2)
Five	GN, AMP, STR, KAN, NTR (2)	5 (27.8)
	AMP, STR, KAN, NTR, TTC (2)
	GN, AMP, STR, KAN, TTC (1)
Six	GN, AMP, STR, KAN, NTR, TTC (3)	4 (22.2)
	AMP, STR, KAN, NTR, TTC, CHL (1)
Total		18 (100)

GN, gentamycin; AMP, ampicillin; KAN, kanamycin; STR, streptomycin; NTR, nitrofurans; TTC, tetracycline; CHL, chloramphenicol; #, number of isolates which is resistant to a group of antibiotics.