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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 5, Issue:1, January, 2016

PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706
Issues : 12 per year
Publisher : Excellent Publishers
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Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash
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NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2016.5(1): 796-801
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2016.501.081


Incidence of Broad Spectrum Resistance in E .coli Isolated from Zoborodo sold in Samaru, Zaria, Nigeria
O. Adenaike, O.S. Olonitola, J.B. Ameh and C.M.Z. Whong
Department of Biological Sciences, Oduduwa University Ipetumodu, Nigeria
Department of Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

Antibiogram of twenty six (26) E.coli strains obtained from a hundred and fifty satchets of zoborodo drink against eight antibiotics were carried out to investigate incidence of broad spectrum resistance. Broad spectrum resistance was taken as resistance to ampicillin and cephalothin. Resistance of 69 and 92% of the E.coli to ampicillin and cephalothin respectively was obtained, amounting to 92% broad spectrum resistance. E.coli exhibiting single antibiotic resistance were all resistant to only cephalothin while all the multiple antibiotic resistance E.coli were resistant to both ampicillin and cephalothin. Measures should be taken to increase the hygienic conditions of zoborodo preparation


Keywords: Ampicillin,Antibiogram,Cephalothin,Zoborodo

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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 5(1): 796-801. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2016.501.081
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