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Table 4 Antibiotic susceptibility of Aeromonas spp. and P. shigelloides isolated from fish in Uganda

From: Occurrence and antibiotic susceptibility of fish bacteria isolated from Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia) and Clarias gariepinus (African catfish) in Uganda

Antibiotic

Disc conc. (μg)

Percentage of susceptible isolates

 Aeromonas spp.

 P. shigelloides

Cages (n = 16)

Ponds (n = 48)

Wild (n = 18)

Ponds (n = 45)

Cages (n = 18)

Wild (n = 10)

SXT

25

100

100

100

100

100

100

PEN

10

0

0

0

0

0

0

TET

30

100

100

100

60(11i,29r)

100

100

GEN

10

100

100

100

100

100

100

STR

10

100

100

100

18 (55i,27r)

100

100

IPM

10

100

100

100

–

–

–

ERY

15

69(23i,8r)

50(50i)

0 (100i)

0(100i)

61(39i)

100

AMP

10

0

0

0

0(71i,29r)

100i

70(30i)

CXT

30

0

93

100

100

100

100

CTR

2

100

100

100

100

100

100

CLR

30

100

100

100

100

100

100

AZT

30

100

100

100

100

100

100

NAL

30

100

100

100

100

100

100

ENF

10

100

100

100

100

100

100

OXA

1

–

–

–

0

0

0

  1. SXT Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim, PEN Penicillin, TET Tetracycline, GEN Gentamycin, STR Streptomycin, IPM Imipenem, ERY Erythromycin, AMP Ampicillin, CTX Ceftaxime, CTR Ceftriaxone, CLR Chloramphenicol, AZT Aztreonam, NAL Nalidixic acid, ENF Enrofloxacin, OXA Oxacillin, i Intermediate, r Resistant, n number of isolates tested from the different production systems and ‘-‘means no isolate tested