Research Article
Antibiotic Synergy Interaction against Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from an Abattoir Effluent Environment
Table 3
Susceptibility and synergy interaction profile of multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa.
| | Antimicrobial | % sensitivity to antibiotics only () | Antibiotic in combination with amikacin () | | | % synergy | % antagonism | % indifference |
| | Amikacin | 5.71 | — | — | — | | Aztreonam | 5.71 | 10(0.0015) | 35(0.3175) | 65(0.0018) | | Piperacillin | 28.57 | 8(0.0025) | 20(0.2754) | 72(0.0012) | | Piperacillin-tazobactam | 11.42 | 16(0.4658) | 8(0.8560) | 76(0.0001) | | Cefepime | 11.42 | 82(0.0001) | 1(0.3756) | 17(0.0385) | | Ceftazidime | 20.00 | 8(0.0729) | 67(0.0001) | 25(0.5640) | | Imipenem | 8.57 | 74(<0.0001) | 6(0.0867) | 20(0.0265) | | Meropenem | 8.57 | 80(<0.0001) | 4(0.0932) | 16(0.0172) |
|
|
Values in parenthesis represent ( value).
|
