Volume 8, Number 1—January 2002
Dispatch
Antimicrobial Sensitivity in Enterobacteria from AIDS Patients, Zambia
James Mwansa*, Kabanga Mutela*, Isaac Zulu*†, Beatrice Amadi*, and Paul Kelly*†
Table
Summary of antimicrobial sensitivity patterns for three enterobacteria isolated from patients with HIV-related persistent diarrhea in Zambia
| Antimicrobial agenta | No. sensitive (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nontyphoidal salmonellae | Shigella flexneri | S. dysenteriae | |
| Tetracycline | 37 (6) | 2 (6) | 3 (16) |
| Chloramphenicol | 36 (77) | 7 (22) | 8 (48) |
| Gentamicin | 119 (75) | 24 (77) | 18 (95) |
| Sulphamethoxazole-trimethoprim | 25 (22) | 3 (10) | 0 (0) |
| Amoxycillin | 74 (48) | 9 (30) | 7 (37) |
| Amoxycillin-clavulanic acid | 95 (60) | 27 (87) | 12 (63) |
| Cephalexin | 105 (66) | 23 (74) | 17 (89) |
| Cefuroxime | 93 (59) | 11 (35) | 16 (74) |
| Cefotaxime | 149 (88) | 28 (90) | 19 (95) |
| Nalidixic acid | 107 (67) | 31 (100) | 19 (100) |
| Ciprofloxacin | 157 (99) | 30 (97) | 18 (95) |
| Erythromycin | 22 (14) | 0 (0) | 4 (21) |
| Azithromycin | 64 (92) | 9 (100) | 19 (100) |
a158 isolates of nontyphoidal salmonellae, 31 isolates of S. flexneri, and 19 isolates of S. dysenteriae were tested against all these antimicrobial agents except for azithromycin, against which 69, 9, and 19 isolates were tested respectively.
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