Table 3.
Multi-drug-resistant isolates from aquaculture samples.
| Sample | Isolates resistant to antibiotic |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1ARa | 2AR | 3AR | 4AR | |
| Surface rinsing water (n = 850) | 18.7% (159/850) | 35.6% (303/850) | 32.2% (274/850) | 13.4% (114/850) |
| Fish intestine (n = 1045) | 19.8% (207/1045) | 58.5% (611/1045) | 12.1% (126/1045) | 9.7% (101/1045) |
| Pond mud (n = 1293) | 13.4% (173/1293) | 34.9% (451/1293) | 34.0% (440/1293) | 17.7% (229/1293) |
| Pond water (n = 1429) | 8.7% (125/1429) | 15.2% (217/1429) | 50.6% (723/1429) | 25.5% (364/1429) |
| Fish feed (n = 150) | 36.0% (54/150) | 31.3% (47/150) | 22.0% (33/150) | 10.7% (16/150) |
aNumber of antibiotic(s) the isolates were resistant to.