Table 4: Antimicrobial susceptibility test (%) results for the seven antimicrobials in Nakuru North from January to December 2013.

Antibiotic Antibiotics class E. coli (n=98) Shigella (n=61) Salmonella (n=30)
R I S R I S R I S
CL30 Cephalosporins 61.2 2.0 36.8 9.3 18.4 72.3 7.7 12.4 79.9
NA30 Quinolones 60.8 30.2 9.0 70.5 15.9 13.6 93.2 2.0 4.8
C30 Chloramphenicols 4.3 4.9 90.8 4.0 4.6 91.4 0.0 1.9 98.1
CIP5 Fluroquinolones 7.0 23.0 70.0 3.1 30.2 66.7 1.9 19.0 79.1
CN10 Aminoglycosides 0.0 2.0 98.0 0.0 4.0 96.0 0.0 0.0 100.0
AML10 Penicillins 32.7 19.3 48.0 22.1 7.6 70.3 16.4 1.9 81.7
SXT25 Sulfonamides 18.1 11.6 70.3 10.5 8.8 80.7 2.9 2.9 94.2
Mean   26.3 13.3 60.4 17.1 12.8 70.1 17.4 5.7 76.8

CL30, Cephalexin; NA30, Nalidixic Acid; C30,Chloramphenicol; CIP5, Ciprofloxacin, CN10, Gentamicin; AML10, Amoxicillin; SXT25, sulfamethoxazoletrimethoprim; R, resistant; I, intermediate; S, sensitive.