Table 7 MIC and MBC values of CS 1%, CS 2%, and CSNPs against resistant C. freundii isolates collected from broiler chickens and buffalo

From: Chitosan mitigates pan drug resistance in citrobacter freundii exhibiting AmpC and ESBL from Egyptian livestock

MIC results

broiler N (19)

buffalo N (20)

P value

MBC/MIC Ratio

 

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Broiler

Buffalo

CSNPs MIC

0.0833

0.0495

0.125

0.0755

0.06

2

1.25

Bactericidal effect

CSNPs MBC

0.167

0.0573

0.156

0.120

0.46

CS 2% MIC

3.33

2.34

2.92

1.69

0.58

1.5

1.37

CS 2% MBC

5.00

2.04

4

0.83

0.001*

CS 1% MIC

4.17

5.73

3.33

0.859

0.30

1.4

1.25

CS 1% MBC

5.83

2.92

4.17

1.67

0.164

  1. Where, * refer to statistically significant difference at p<0.05.