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Table 3 Antibiotic resistant pattern of seven Bacillus species

From: Emergence of multidrug-resistant Bacillus spp. derived from animal feed, food and human diarrhea in South-Eastern Bangladesh

Antibiotics

Fractions of resistant isolates

Level of significance

B. cereus

B. subtilis

B. amyloliquefaciens

B. licheniformis

B. thuringiensis

B. megaterium

B. coagulans

% (n/N)

% (n/N)

% (n/N)

% (n/N)

% (n/N)

% (n/N)

% (n/N)

PG

100 (112/112)

98 (48/49)

95 (19/20)

100 (13/13)

100 (11/11)

62.5 (5/8)

20 (1/5)

**

AMC

80.3 (90/112)

63.3 (31/49)

25 (5/20)

30.7 (4/13)

45.5 (5/11)

12.5 (1/8)

0

**

CFM

100 (112/112)

100 (49/49)

95 (19/20)

100 (13/13)

100 (11/11)

75.0 (6/8)

40 (2/5)

**

CTR

97.4 (109/112)

79.6 (39/49)

15 (3/20)

23.1 (3/13)

45.5 (5/11)

0

0

**

VAN

92.8 (104/112)

73.5 (36/49)

10 (2/20)

46.1 (6/13)

8/11 (72.7)

0

0

**

AZM

37.5 (42/112)

8.2 (4/49)

15 (3/20)

30.8 (4/13)

54.5 (6/11)

0

0

**

EM

85.7 (96/112)

14.3 (7/49)

30 (6/20)

53.8 (7/13)

45.5 (5/11)

12.5 (1/8)

0

**

TET

70.5 (79/112)

8.2 (4/49)

35 (7/20)

38.5 (5/13)

45.5 (5/11)

37.5 (3/8)

0

**

GEN

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

CM

27.7 (31/112)

14.3 (7/49)

40 (8/20)

53.8 (7/13)

54.5 (6/11)

0

0

**

NIT

79.4 (89/112)

26.5 (13/49)

30 (6/20)

61.5 (8/13)

45.5 (5/11)

0

0

**

CIP

38.4 (43/112)

36.7 (18/49)

35 (7/20)

61.5 (8/13)

54.5 (6/11)

0

0

*

LEV

42.8 (48/112)

14.3 (7/49)

35 (7/20)

30.8 (4/13)

54.5 (6/11)

0

0

**

CMX

97.3 (109/112)

91.8 (45/49)

75 (15/20)

61.5 (8/13)

27.3 (3/11)

0

0

**

  1. PG Penicillin G, AMC Amoxicillin-Clavulanic acid, CFM Cefixime, CTR Ceftriaxone, VAN Vancomycin, AZM Azithromycin, EM Erythromycin, TET Tetracycline, GEN Gentamicin, CM Clindamycin, NIT Nitrofurantoin, CIP Ciprofloxacin, LEV Levofloxacin, CMX Co-Trimoxazole. n Number of resistant isolates, N Number of Bacillus isolates, *significant (p < 0.05), **significant (p < 0.01)