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Table 1 Phenotypically Suspected and Confirmed ESβL and Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolates from Commonly Vended Street Foods in Arba Minch Town, Southern Ethiopia, 2023

From: Magnitude of extended-spectrum β-lactamase and carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae among commonly vended street foods in Arba Minch town, southern Ethiopia

Types of Isolates

No. (%) of ESβL and Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (n = 112)

ESβL suspected

DDST confirmed

Carbapenemase suspected

mCIM confirmed

E. coli (n = 39)

11 (28.2)

4 (10.2)

4 (10.2)

3 (7.7)

Citrobacter spp. (n = 22)

6 (22.3)

2 (9.1)

3 (13.6)

2 (9.1)

K. pneumoniae (n = 18)

10 (55.6)

5 (27.8)

4 (22.2)

4 (22.2)

Enterobacter spp. (n = 14)

5 (35.7)

3 (21.4)

2 (14.3)

1 (7.1)

Proteus spp. (n = 11)

4 (36.4)

2 (18.2)

1 (9.1)

0 (0)

Salmonella spp. (n = 8)

2 (25)

1 (12.5)

1 (12.5)

0 (0)

Total (n = 112)

38 (33.9)

17 (15.2)

15 (13.4)

10 (8.9)

  1. Abbreviations: ESβL Extended-spectrum Beta-lactamase, DDST Double-Disc Synergy Test, mCIM Modified Carbapenem Inactivation Method, spp Species