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Table 3 Association of antibiotic resistance in animal and human bacterial strains (n = 143)

From: Emergence of plasmid-mediated mcr genes from Gram-negative bacteria at the human-animal interface

Antibiotics

Animal isolates

Human isolates

P-value

n = 126 (%)

n = 17 (%)

Co-trimoxazole

101 (80.2)

8 (47.1)

0.01

Chloramphenicol

92 (73)

9 (52.9)

0.05

Moxifloxacin

90 (71.4)

7 (41.2)

0.03

Levofloxacin

41 (32.5)

4 (23.5)

0.59

Ciprofloxacin

42 (33.3)

4 (23.5)

0.69

Co-amoxiclav

37 (29.4)

9 (52.9)

0.05

Cefotaxime

33 (26.2)

10 (58.8)

0.01

Cefixime

32 (25.4)

9 (52.9)

0.02

Cefuroxime

29 (23)

10 (58.8)

0.007

Ceftriaxone

28 (22.2)

11 (64.7)

0.01

Ceftazidime

25 (19.8)

10 (58.8)

< 0.01

Amikacin

20 (15.9)

4 (23.5)

0.73

Imipenem

16 (12.7)

5 (29.4)

< 0.01

Cefoperazone-sulbactam

12 (9.5)

4 (23.5)

0.22

Piperacillin-tazobactam

10 (7.9)

2 (11.8)

0.05

Meropenem

10 (7.9)

5 (29.4)

0.02