Table 3.
Epidemiologic data and genotypic traits of antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus examined in different farms. Data are presented as number of samples per total positive (%).
| Farm locations | Positive S. aureus | Prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methicillin Mec 1 gene | Macrolides Mphc gene | Lincosamide Inua | Tetracycline | |||
| Tetk | TetL | |||||
| p -value | 0.0509 | 0.0001 | 0.0017 | 0.0003 | 0.0002 | 0.0001 |
| Giza | 5/20 (25.00%) | 5/5 (100%) | 1/5 (20.00%) | 5/5 (100%) | 4/5 (80.00%) | 5/5 (100%) |
| Cairo | 9/20 (45.00%) | 9/9 (100%) | 3/9 (33.33) | 2/9 (22.22%) | 1/9 (11.11%) | 4/9 (44.44%) |
| Fayoum | 5/20 (25.00%) | 3/5 (60.00%) | 0/5 (0.00%) | 5/5 (100%) | 2/5 (40.00%) | 5/5 (100%) |
| Kafr El-Sheikh | 7/20 (35.00%) | 7/7 (100%) | 1/7 (14.28%) | 5/7 (71.42%) | 0/7 (0.00%) | 2/7 (28.57%) |
| Kalyobia | 4/20 (20.00%) | 1/4 (25.00%) | 0/4 (0.00%) | 3/4 (75.00%) | 0/4 (0.00%) | 0/4 (0.00%) |
| Total | 30/100 (30.00%) | 25/30 (83.33%) | 5/30 (16.66%) | 20/30 (66.66%) | 7/30 (23.33%) | 16/30 (53.33%) |