Table 4.
Percentage of arsenic resistance genes present in 114 Campylobacter jejuni and 109 Campylobacter coli isolates according to the isolates meat source.
| Source | arsP *np/n (%) | arsR *np/n (%) | arsC *np/n (%) | acr3 *np/n (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. jejuni | C. coli | Total | C. jejuni | C. coli | Total | C. jejuni | C. coli | Total | C. jejuni | C. coli | Total | |
| Beef livers | 13/13 (100) | 26/26 (100) | 39/39 (100) | 13/13 (100) | 26/26 (100) | 39/39 (100) | 0/13 (0) | 26/26 (100) | 26/39 (66.7) | 0/13 (0) | 26/26 (100) | 26/39 (66.7) |
| Chicken | 34/40 (85) | 9/9 (100) | 43/49 (87.8) | 34/40 (85) | 9/9 (100) | 43/49 (87.8) | 3/40 (7.5) | 9/9 (100) | 12/49 (24.5) | 6/40 (15) | 8/9 (88.9) | 14/49 (28.6) |
| Chicken gizzards | 10/10 (100) | 3/3 (100) | 13/13 (100) | 10/10 (100) | 3/3 (100) | 13/13 (100) | 6/10 (60) | 3/3 (100) | 9/13 (69.2) | 6/10 (60) | 3/3 (100) | 9/13 (69.2) |
| Chicken livers | 46/46 (100) | 67/67 (100) | 113/113 (100) | 46/46 (100) | 67/67 (100) | 113/113 (100) | 5/46 (10.9) | 64/67 (95.5) | 69/113 (61.1) | 5/46 (10.9) | 64/67 (95.5) | 69/113 (61.1) |
| Pork | 0/0 (0) | 2/2 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 0/0 (0) | 2/2 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 0/0 (0) | 2/2 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 0/0 (0) | 2/2 (100) | 2/2 (100) |
| Turkey | 5/5 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 7/7 (100) | 5/5 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 7/7 (100) | 3/5 (60) | 1/2 (50) | 4/7 (57.1) | 3/5 (60) | 1/2 (50) | 4/7 (57.1) |
* np: number of positive isolates, n: total number of isolates screened.