Table-4.

Antimicrobial resistance patterns and resistance genes profiles of E. coli strains.

Number of strains	Strain antibiotic phenotypes	Resistance genes identified
3	FEP, N, SMZ, NOR, NA, AX, P, CTX	blaTEM, aada2, sul1
4	FEB, TE, N, S, DO, NA, AX, P, CTX	blaSHV, tetA (A), aadA2
1	FEP, FOX, S, NA, AX, P, CTX	blaSHV
2	FEB, FOX, DO, NA, AX, S, SAM, P, CTX	blaTEM, tetA (A)
5	FEP, TE, FOX, S, SMZ, DO, NA, AX, SAM, P, CTX	blaTEM, tetA (A), sul1
2	FEB, TE, N, FOX, S, SMZ, DO, AX, P, CTX	tetA (A), sul1
6	FEB, N, FOX, SMZ, DO, AX, P	blaTEM, tetA (A), sul1
5	FEB, N, FOX, SMZ, C, S, LEV, NOR, AX, SAM, P, CTX	blaTEM, aada2, sul1
2	FEB, TE, N, FOX, SMZ, DO, C, NA, AX, P	sul1
3	FEP, N, FOX, S, SMZ, LEV, NOR, AX, SAM, P, CTX	blaSHV, blaTEM, tetA (A), aadA2, sul1
2	FEB, TE, N, FOX, S, SMZ, DO, C, LEV, NOR, AX, P, CTX	TetA (A), sul1
5	FEB, N, FOX, S, SMZ, NOR, AX, SAM, P, CTX	blaTEM, aada2, sul1
2	FEB, TE, N, FOX, S, SMZ, DO, LEV, NA, SAM, AX, P, CTX	blaSHV, tetA (A)
4	FEB, N, FOX, S, SMZ, DO, LEV, NA, AX, P, CTX	blaTEM, aada2, sul1
4	FEP, TE, N, FOX, SMZ, DO, AX, SAM, P, CTX	blaSHV, blaTEM, aada2, sul1
5	FEB, TE, N, FOX, SMZ, DO, AX, P, CTX	blaTEM, tetA (A) aada2, sul1
3	TE, N, FOX, S, SMZ, DO, C, NOR, NA, AX, SAM, P, CTX	blaSHV, tetA (A), aada2, sul1
5	FEB, N, FOX, S, SMZ, LEV, AX, P	blaTEM, sul1
6	FEB, TE, N, FOX, S, SMZ, DO, C, LEV, NOR, NA, AX, SAM, P, CTX	blaTEM, tetA (A), sul1
4	FEB, TE, N, FOX, S, SMZ, DO, C, LEV, NA, SAM, P	blaTEM, tetA (A), aada2, sul1

E. coli=Escherichia coli