Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Shigella Species among Children under Five Years of Age with Diarrhea in Selected Health Centers, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 3

Multidrug resistance pattern of Shigella isolates from under-five children with acute diarrhea in the selected health centers of Addis Ababa (June 2021–April 2022) (n = 47).

Number of antimicrobial resistance	Antibiotics	Frequency (%)
R1	ERY	47 (100)
R2	ERY, AMP	44 (93.6)
R3	ERY, AMP, TET	40 (85.1)
R4	ERY, AMP, TET, CHL	26 (55.3)
R5	ERY, AMP, TET, CHL, COT	17 (36.2)
R6	ERY, AMP, TET, CHL, COT, FOX	6 (12.8)
R7	ERY, AMP, TET, CHL, COT, FOX, GEN	2 (4.3)

ERY: erythromycin; AMP: ampicillin; TET: tetracycline; CHL: chloramphenicol; COT: cotrimoxazole; FOX: cefoxitin; GEN: gentamicin. R₁, R₂, R₃, R₄, R₅, R₆, and R₇ = resistant to one, two, three, four, five, six, and seven antibiotics, respectively.