Table 3. Occurrence of multidrug resistance and multiple antibiotic resistance index of Salmonella isolated from broiler samples.
Pattern No. |
Antibiotic resistance patterns |
No. of Antibiotics (classes) |
No. of isolates |
Overall MDR isolates (%) |
MAR Index |
1 |
AMX, C, CL, GEN, TE, CAZ |
6 (6) |
1 |
17/21 (80.95) |
0.86 |
2 |
AMX, CIP, C, TE, CAZ |
5 (5) |
1 |
0.71 |
|
3 |
AMX, C, CL, TE, CAZ |
5 (5) |
2 |
||
4 |
AMX, C, TE, CAZ |
4 (4) |
2 |
0.57 |
|
5 |
AMX, CIP, TE, CAZ |
4 (4) |
1 |
||
6 |
AMX, CIP, C, TE |
4 (4) |
2 |
||
7 |
AMX, CL, TE, CAZ |
4 (4) |
1 |
||
8 |
AMX, CL, TE |
3 (3) |
3 |
0.43 |
|
9 |
AMX, TE, CAZ |
3 (3) |
4 |
||
10 |
AMX, GEN |
2 (2) |
1 |
- |
0.29 |
11 |
AMX, TE |
2 (2) |
2 |
- |
|
12 |
AMX, CAZ |
2 (2) |
1 |
- |
|
Here, AMX= Amoxicillin, CIP= Ciprofloxacin, C= Chloramphenicol, CL= Colistin, GEN= Gentamicin, TE= Tetracycline, CAZ= Ceftazidime, MDR= Multidrug resistant, MAR= Multiple antibiotic resistance. |