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Table 2 Antimicrobial resistance/susceptibility profile of Aeromonas and Listeria species isolates

From: Antimicrobial resistance and virulence signatures of Listeria and Aeromonas species recovered from treated wastewater effluent and receiving surface water in Durban, South Africa

Antibiotic class

Antibiotics

Conc (μg)

Bacterial isolates

 

Aeromonas spp. (n = 100)

Listeria spp. (n = 78)

 

n (Resistant)

n (Susceptible)

n (Intermediate)

n (Resistant)

n (Susceptible)

n (Intermediate)

β-Lactams

Penicillin (P)

10 (10)

100 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

78 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Cephalothin (KF)

30

82 (82)

15 (15)

3 (3)

47 (60.26)

24 (30.77)

7 (8.97)

Aminoglycosides

Gentamicin (CN)

10

0 (0)

100 (100)

0 (0)

0

72 (92.31)

6 (7.69)

Kanamycin (K)

5

14 (14)

59 (59)

27 (27)

41 (52.56)

18 (23.08)

19 (24.36)

Amikacin (AK)

30

0 (0)

95 (95)

5 (5)

0

78 (100)

0

Carbapenems

Ertapenem (ETP)

10

23 (23)

72 (72)

5 (5)

22 (28.21)

48 (61.54)

8 (10.25)

Meropenem (MEM)

10

11 (11)

79 (79)

10 (10)

0 (0)

70 (89.74)

8 (10.26)

Cephalosporin

Cefotaxime (CTX)

30

6 (6)

82 (82)

12 (12)

24 (30.77)

39 (50)

15 (19.23)

Ceftriaxone (CRO)

30

22 (22)

78 (78)

0 (0)

19 (24.36)

45 (59.69)

14 (17.95)

Glycopeptides

Vancomycin (VA)

30

100 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

24 (30.77)

54 (69.23)

0 (0)

Lincosamides

Clindamycin (DA)

10

100 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

9 (11.54)

69 (88.46)

0 (0)

Macrolides

Erythromycin (E)

15

58 (58)

11 (11)

31 (31)

78 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Nitrofurans

Nitrofurantoin (F)

50

4 (4)

72 (72)

24 (24)

50 (64.10)

6 (7.69)

22 (28.20)

Penicillins

Ampicillin (AMP)

10

100 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

65 (83.33)

8 (10.26)

5 (6.41)

Polypeptides

Colistin (CT)

10

14 (14)

86 (86)

0 (0)

16 (20.51)

62 (79.48)

0 (0)

Quinolones

Nalidixic acid (NA)

30

56 (56)

44 (44)

0 (0)

78 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Mixofloxacin (MXF)

5

3 (3)

83 (83)

14 (14)

3 (3.85)

72 (92.30)

3 (3.85)

Ciprofloxacin (CIP)

5

0 (0)

94 (94)

6 (6)

0

75 (96.15)

3 (3.85)

Sulfonamides

Trimethoprim (W)

5

56 (56)

38 (38)

6 (6)

53 (67.95)

20 (25.64)

5 (6.41)

Tetracyclines

Tetracycline (TE)

10

19 (19)

44 (44)

37 (37)

37 (47.44)

31 (39.74)

10 (12.82)

Other

Streptomycin (S)

25

16 (16)

70 (70)

14 (14)

0

78 (100)

0

Chloramphenicol (C)

30

4 (4)

95 (95)

1 (1)

0

78 (100)

0

Fosfomycin (FOS)

50

3 (3)

88 (88)

9 (9)

0

78 (100)

0

Fusidic Acid (FD)

10

100 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0

78 (100)

0