Table 4 Antimicrobial resistance profiles of P. aeruginosa strains (n = 90) retrieved from naturally infected O. niloticus and C. gariepinus.

From: Emerging MDR-Pseudomonas aeruginosa in fish commonly harbor oprL and toxA virulence genes and blaTEM, blaCTX-M, and tetA antibiotic-resistance genes

Antimicrobial agents

Concentration (µg)

Sensitive

Intermediate

Resistant

No

%

No

%

No

%

Ofloxacin

5

63

70

19

21.11

8

8.89

Amoxicillin

10

0

0

15

16.7

75

83.3

Cefotaxime

30

5

5.6

15

16.7

70

77.7

Tetracycline

30

0

0

22

24.4

68

75.6

Levofloxacin

5

11

12.22

66

73.33

13

14.44

Gentamicin

10

0

0

29

32.2

61

67.6

Norfloxacin

10

80

88.89

6

6.67

4

4.44

Tobramycin

10

0

0

70

77.8

20

22.2

Colistin sulfate

25

90

100

0

0

0

0

Chi-square value

642.2441

276.3880

352.3856

P-value

 < .0001

 < .0001

 < .0001