Resistance Index of Penicillin-Resistant Bacteria to Various Physicochemical Agents

Table 2

Bacterial resistance pattern to heavy metals.

Group	Number of strains	Bacterial resistance (%)
		Cd	Hg	As	Cd-Hg	Cd-As	Hg-As	Cd-Hg-As
S. aureus	18	2* (11.11)**	7 (38.89)	14 (77.78)	0 (0)	2 (11.11)	4 (22.22)	0 (0)
SCN	18	8 (44.45)	0 (0)	18 (100)	0 (0)	8 (44.45)	0 (0)	0 (0)
E. coli	39	18 (46.15)	10 (25.64)	39 (100)	6 (15.38)	18 (46.15)	10 (25.64)	6 (15.38)
P. aeruginosa	23	23 (100)	19 (82.61)	23 (100)	19 (82.61)	23 (100)	19 (82.61)	19 (82.61)
Total	98	51 (52.04)	36 (36.73)	94 (95.92)	25 (25.51)	51 (52.04)	33 (33.67)	25 (25.51)

* Number of evaluated strains for each compound.
** The prevalence of bacterial resistance rate (%).