Table 1 Antibiotics used in the study and their respective class.

From: High levels of drug resistance in commensal E. coli in a cohort of children from rural central India

Name

Class

Amikacin

Aminoglycosides

Ampicillin

Penicillins

Cefepime

4th generation cephalosporin

Cefotaxime

3rd generation cephalosporin

Cefotaxime/Clavulanic acid

3rd generation cephalosporin/β-lactamase inhibitors

Ceftazidime

3rd generation cephalosporin

Ceftazidime/Clavulanic acid

3rd generation cephalosporin/β-lactamase inhibitors

Ciprofloxacin

2nd generation fluoroquinolone

Colistin

Polymyxins

Co-Trimoxazole (Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole)

Folatepathway inhibitors

Gentamycin

Aminoglycosides

Imipenem

Carbapenems

Meropenem

Carbapenems

Nalidixicacid

Synthetic quinolone

Nitrofurantoin

Nitrofuran derivatives

Sulfamethoxazole (Sulphamethiazole)

Sulfonamides

Tetracycline

Tetracyclines

Tigecycline

Glycylcyclines