Table 4.
Prevalence of selected antimicrobial resistance genes in E. coli isolates obtained from manure, soil, feces and vegetables in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
| Encode resistance to | Source of Salmonella isolates | No. of resistant isolates | Tested resistant genes | No. of positive (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetracycline | Manure | 4 | tet (A) | 1 (25) |
| tet (B) | 3 (75) | |||
| tet (C) | 0 | |||
| Soil | 1 | tet (A) | 0 | |
| tet (B) | 1 (100) | |||
| tet (C) | 0 | |||
| Vegetables | 2 | tet (A) | 1 (50) | |
| tet (B) | 0 | |||
| tet (C) | 0 | |||
| Feces | 0 | tet (A) | 0 | |
| tet (B) | 0 | |||
| tet (C) | 0 | |||
| Ampicillin | Manure | 3 | blaTEM | 3 (100) |
| Soil | 1 | blaTEM | 1(100) | |
| Vegetables | 2 | blaTEM | 1 (50) | |
| Feces | 3 | blaTEM | 1 (33.3) | |
| Gentamicin | Manure | 6 | aac(3)-IV | 3 (50) |
| Soil | 2 | aac(3)-IV | 1 (50) | |
| Vegetables | 7 | aac(3)-IV | 5 () | |
| Feces | 1 | aac(3)-IV | 1(100) | |
| Streptomycin | Manure | 7 | aadA | 4 (57.1) |
| Soil | 4 | aadA | 4(100) | |
| Vegetables | 6 | aadA | 4 (66.6) | |
| Feces | 4 | aadA | 4 (100) | |
| Sulfonamide | Manure | 4 | sulI | 2 (50) |
| sulII | 1 (25) | |||
| Soil | 5 | sulI | 0 | |
| sulII | 4 (80) | |||
| Vegetables | 3 | sulI | 1 (33.3) | |
| sulII | 2 (66.6) | |||
| Feces | 2 | sulI | 1 (50) | |
| sulII | 0 |