Table 3.
Agro-climatic zones | No. of cloacal swabs collected | No. of E. coli isolated | Distribution of studied ESBL genes among the E. coli isolates |
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bla TEM | bla SHV | bla CTX-M | |||
Terai | 30 | 19 (63%) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
New alluvial | 30 | 23 (76%) | 4 | 6 | 7 |
Coastal | 30 | 17 (56%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Red laterite | 30 | 19 (63%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 (21.7%) | 8 (34.7%) | 10 (43.4%) | |||
Total | 120 | 78 (65%) | 23 (29.4%) |