... resistance, poultry, Saudi Arabia. correspondence Dr Mastour Al-Ghamdi, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, King FaisalUniversity, PO Box 2114, Dammam 31451, Saudi Arabia IntroductionAntibiotics ... the poultry indus-try of Saudi Arabia. In fact, our own survey showed that 28antimicrobial agents were available for poultry use in theEastern Province of Saudi Arabia. These include – lactams,tetracyclines, ... 96% in E. coli chicken isolates and 71% in organisms isolated from humans. Use ofthis drug in Saudi Arabia is mostly limited to veterinary purposes. Multidrug resistance is alarmingly high inall...