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Table 3 Multidrug-Resistant Profile of ESβL-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

Bacterial Isolates

Antibiogram Pattern (%)

R3

R4

≥ R5

Total

E. coli (n = 4)

2 (50)

1 (25)

0 (0)

3 (75)

Citrobacter spp. (n = 2)

1 (50)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (50)

K. pneumoniae (n = 5)

2 (40)

1 (20)

1 (20)

4 (80)

Enterobacter spp. (n = 3)

1 (33.3)

1 (33.3)

0 (0)

2 (66.7)

Proteus spp. (n = 2)

1 (50)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (50)

Salmonella spp. (n = 1)

1 (50)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (50)

Total MDR isolates (n = 17)

8 (47.1)

3 (17.6)

1 (5.9)

12 (70.6)

  1. Where: R3, R4, and R5: Resistant to at least one antibiotic from each of the three classes, four classes, and five or more classes of antibiotics, respectively
  2. Abbreviations: MDR Multidrug-Resistant, spp Species