Assessment of the relationship between bacteriological quality of dug-wells, hygiene behaviour and well characteristics in two cholera endemic localities in Douala, Cameroon

Table 9 Resistance patterns of isolates

Isolate	Resistance pattern	Number of isolates with resistance pattern	Percentage (%) of isolates showing resistance pattern
P. aeruginosa	DOX^RCOT^RTE^RAMP^R	10	100
Salmonella spp	DOX^RCOT^RTE^RAMP^RCEF^R	5	50
Salmonella spp	DOX^RCOT^RTE^RAMP^RCEF^RCHL^R	5	50
V. fluvialis	COT^RTE^RAMP^R	4	40
C. freundii	COT^RAMP^RCEF^RCHL^R	5	50
E. coli	DOX^RCOT^RAMP^RCEF^RCHL^R	10	100
V. cholerae	COT^RAMP^RGEN^RCHL^R	5	50
Total		44	33.8

TE tetracycline, CHL chloramphenicol, CIP ciprofloxacin, AMP ampicillin, CEF ceftriaxone, SXT cotrimoxazole, GEN gentamicin, DXT doxycycline.

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