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Table 2 Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of various species of Shigella (2003–2015)

From: Shigellosis in Nepal: 13 years review of nationwide surveillance

 

N (%) resistance to

Year

Species

Number tested

Ampicillin

Ciprofloxacin

Nalidixic acid

Cotrimoxazole

Mecillinam

Ceftriaxone

2003

S. dysentriae

13

11 (85)

8 (62)

10 (77)

9 (69)

5 (38)

0

 

S. flexneri

7

7 (100)

0

0

6 (86)

2/6 (33)a

0

 

S. boydii

3

2 (66)

0

1 (33)

2 (66)

2 (66)

0

 

S. sonnei

2

1 (50)

0

2 (100)

2 (100)

1 (50)

0

2004

S. dysentriae

28

25 (89)

13 (46)

14 (50)

18 (64)

20/27 (74)a

0

 

S. flexneri

12

9 (75)

6 (50)

6 (50)

8 (67)

4 (33)

0

 

S. boydii

2

1 (50)

0

0

1 (50)

0

0

 

S. sonnei

2

0

0

2 (100)

2 (100)

0

0

2005

S.dysentriae

10

8 (80)

6/9 (66)a

7 (70)

8 (80)

2/8 (25)a

0

 

S. flexneri

31

18/30 (60)a

0

17/28 (59)a

21 (68)

13 (42)

0

 

S. boydii

6

4 (66)

0

3 (50)

0

4 (66)

0

 

S. sonnei

4

1 (25)

0

2 (50)

2 (50)

0

0

2006

S. dysentriae

6

4/5 (80)a

0

4/5 (80)a

2/5 (40)a

4 (66)

0

 

S. flexneri

14

8/13 (62)a

3/12 (25)a

4/10 (40)a

7/12 (58)a

14 (100)

0

 

S. boydii

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

S. sonnei

1

S

R

R

S

S

S

2007

S. dysentriae

10

5/6 (83)a

4 (40)

2 (20)

2 (20)

10 (100)

0

 

S. flexneri

22

17/21 (81)a

12/21 (57)a

21 (95)

19/21 (90)a

22 (100)

2/20 (10)a

 

S. boydii

3

3 (100)

0

0

0

3 (100)

0

 

S. sonnei

2

0

0

0

0

2 (100)

0

2008

S. dysentriae

2

0

2 (100)

2 (100)

0

2 (100)

0

 

S. flexneri

8

8 (100)

3/5 (60)a

8 (100)

4/5 (80)a

8 (100)

0

 

S. sonnei

2

2 (100)

0

2 (100)

0

2 (100)

0

 

Shigella spp.

5

3 (60)

1/4 (25)a

2/4 (50)a

3/4 (75)a

5 (100)

1/3 (33)a

2009

S. dysentriae

8

8 (100)

2 (25)

7 (88)

7 (88)

8 (100)

0

 

S. flexneri

6

4/5 (80)a

6 (100)

4/5 (80)a

6 (100)

6 (100)

2 (33)

 

S. sonnei

1

R

S

R

S

R

S

 

Shigella spp.

5

3 (60)

3 (60)

4 (80)

4 (80)

5 (100)

2 (40)

2010

S. dysentriae

5

5 (100)

1 (20)

5 (100)

5 (100)

0

 

S. flexneri

4

4 (100)

1 (25)

4 (100)

4 (100)

0

 

Shigella spp.

1

R

S

R

R

S

2011

S. dysentriae

2

2 (100)

1 (50)

1 (50)

2 (100)

0

 

S. flexneri

5

3 (60)

0

0

3/4 (75)a

0

 

S. sonnei

2

1 (50)

0

2 (100)

0

0

 

Shigella spp.

2

2 (100)

0

2 (100)

2 (100)

0

2012

S. dysentriae

4

4 (100)

0

3 (75)

3 (75)

0

 

S. flexneri

7

7 (100)

4/6 (66)a

3/4 (75)a

4/6 (67)a

2/6 (33)a

 

S. sonnei

3

0

0

1 (33)

3 (100)

0

2013

S. dysentriae

5

5 (100)

0

4 (80)

3 (60)

0

 

S. flexneri

19

15/16 (93)a

12/17 (71)a

16/18 (89)a

14 (74)

5/18 (27)a

 

S. sonnei

3

3 (100)

2 (66)

2 (66)

2 (66)

0

 

Shigella spp.

3

3 (100)

0

3 (100)

3 (100)

0

2014

S. dysentriae

1

S

R

S

S

S

 

S. flexneri

12

7/11 (64)a

8 (66)

11 (92)

7 (58)

0

 

S. sonnei

5

3 (60)

5 (100)

5 (100)

5 (100)

0

 

S. boydii

1

S

R

R

R

S

 

Shigella spp.

6

6 (100)

1/5 (20)a

3/4 (75)a

3 (50)

0

2015

S. dysentriae

3

0

0

3 (100)

2 (75)

0

 

S. flexneri

19

16/18 (88)a

9 (47)

15 (79)

17 (89)

3 (16)

 

S. sonnei

4

3 (75)

4 (100)

4 (100)

4 (100)

0

 

Shigella spp.

1

R

S

R

R

S

  1. aThe number in which antibiotics were incorporated, if less than the total number of isolates