Number of Antimicrobial resistance† Salmonella Shigella
Resistance antibiogram No. of Isolates (%) Resistance antibiogram No. of Isolates (%)
Zero None * 9(22.5) None * 1(5.9)
One Amp 9(22.5) AMP 2(11.8)
SXT 1(2.5)    
TE 2(5.0)    
Two Amp, TE 2(5.0) SXT, TE 5(29.4)
SXT, TE 3(7.5)    
Three Amp, C, TE 1(2.5) C, SXT, TE 1(5.9)
Amp, SXT, TE 7(17.5) SXT, TE, GM 1(5.9)
Amp, TE, GM 1(2.5) Amp, TE, GM 1(5.9)
Amp, TE, NA 1(2.5) Amp, SXT, TE 1(5.9)
C, SXT, TE 1(2.5)    
Four AMP, C, SXT, TE 2(5.0) Amp, C, SXT, TE 3(17.9)
    C, SXT, TE, GM 1(5.9)
Five     Amp, CIP, SXT, TE, NA 1(5.9)
Six Amp, CIP, SXT, TE, NA, GM 1(2.5)    
†The sum of drugs resistant by a specific isolate
*sensitive and/or intermediate AMP=Ampicillin, C=Chloramphenicaol, CIP=Ciprofloxacin, CRO=Ceftriaxone, SXT=Cotrimoxazole, TE=Tetracycline, NA=Nalidixic Acid, GM=Gentamicin
Table 3: Antibiogram of Salmonella and Shigella isolates identified in Butajira Health center, Ethiopia from October 2011 to June 2012.