Abstract :Abstract
Emergence of drug resistant microbes and their global spread is the biggest public health dilemma of the day. Enteropathogens are the biggest killers of neonates all over the globe. This study was conducted to understand antimicrobial drug resistance in bacteria causing enteric infections. A total of 199 bacterial strains isolated from faecal samples of diarrhoeic buffalo calves (8), foals (14), children (7), goat kids (7), piglets (74), chicks (9), pups (2) and cattle calves (78), belonging to 21 genera of enteropathogens were tested for their sensitivity to 8 herbal antimicrobials and 25 conventional antimicrobials. Of the tested strains 38.2%, 29.6%, and 12.1% strains were resistant to extended spectrum ß-lactam drugs, carbapenems, and produced metallo-ß-lactamases (MBL), respectively. Of the 24 strains positive for MBL, 22 were New Delhi metallo-ß-lactamases (NDM) producers and two produced Verona integron encoded MBL (VIM). Both the VIM positive strains were Shewanella species and 6, 7, and 9 NDM producers strains belonged to Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli, respectively. About 60% strains had multiple drug resistance (MDR) and 7.5% had multiple herbal antimicrobial resistant (MHAR).