Molecular Epidemiology of Salmonella enterica in Poultry in South Africa Using the Farm-to-Fork Approach

Table 4

Single and multiple antibiotic resistance patterns of Salmonella isolates.

Number of antibiotics	Resistance pattern (#)	# of isolates (%)	MDR (%)
1	CXM (69), AZM (3), PEF (2)	74 (35.2%)
2	CXM-FOX (4), CXM-CHL (1), CXM-AZM (5), CXM-PEF (7), CXM-NIT (1), PEF-AZM (7)	25 (11.9%)
3	CXM-PEF-AZM	5 (2.4%)	5 (2.4%)
4	CXM-CHL-PEF-AZM	3 (1.4%)	3 (1.4%)
Total		107 (51%)	8 (3.8%)

#: number; CXM: cefuroxime; FOX : cefoxitin; CHL : chloramphenicol; NIT : nitrofurantoin; AZM : azithromycin; PEF : pefloxacin.