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Table 3 Antibiogram of the obtained B. cereus strains (n = 42)

From: Meat and meat products as potential sources of emerging MDR Bacillus cereus: groEL gene sequencing, toxigenic and antimicrobial resistance

Classes

Antimicrobials

 

Interpretation

 

Sensitive

Intermediate

Resistance

n

%

n

%

n

%

Penicillin

Amoxicillin

0

0

0

0

42

100

Ampicillin

0

0

0

0

42

100

Tetracyclines

Tetracycline

6

14.3

0

0

36

85.7

Cephalosporins

Ceftriaxone

1

2.3

7

16.7

34

80.9

Cefipime

3

7.2

5

11.9

34

80.9

Aminoglycoside

Streptomycin

8

19

22

52.4

12

28.6

Fuluroquinolones

Levofloxacin

40

95.2

2

4.8

0

0

Sulfonamides

Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole

0

0

10

23.8

32

76.2

Macrolides

Erythromycin

13

30.9

11

26.2

18

42.9

Glycopeptides

Vancomycin

42

100

0

0

0

0

β -Lactam- β-lactamase inhibitor combination

Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid

9

21.4

0

0

33

78.6

Chi-square

p value

213.77

p > 0.0001

94.105

p > 0.0001

94.693

p > 0.0001