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. 2020 Jul 30;15(7):e0236889. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236889

Table 4. Summary of genetic determinants of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in C. jejuni recovered from beef, chicken, lamb and pork collected at retail outlets in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, 2017–2019.

No. of AMR genes and mutations (%a)
  β-lactam Tetracycline Quinolone Macrolide
Source blaOXA-184 blaOXA-185 blaOXA-449 blaOXA-460 blaOXA-466 blaOXA-61 blaOXA-61 G57T blaOXA-624 blaOXA-625 blaOXA-631 tet(O) gyrA T86I 23 rRNA A2075G
Beef (n = 25) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 24 (96.0) 1 (4.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (8.0) 0 (0.0)
Chicken meat (n = 156) 3 (1.9) 1 (0.6) 1 (0.6) 1 (0.6) 6 (3.9) 110 (70.5) 15 (9.6) 1 (0.6) 1 (0.6) 1 (0.6) 29 (18.6) 18 (11.5) 0 (0.0)
Chicken offal (n = 41) 1 (2.4) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 31 (75.6) 1 (2.4) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.4) 0 (0.0) 4 (9.8) 3 (7.3) 0 (0.0)
Lamb (n = 47) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 46 (97.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Pork (n = 16) 1 (6.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 14 (87.5) 3 (18.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 4 (25.0) 4 (25.0) 1 (6.3)
Total (n = 285) 5 (1.8) 1 (0.4) 2 (0.7) 1 (0.4) 6 (2.1) 225 (79.0)b 20 (7.0) 1 (0.4) 2 (0.7) 1 (0.4) 38 (13.3) 27 (9.5) 1 (0.4)

aValues represent the percentage of C. jejuni isolates with the respective AMR gene or point mutation from each source.

b20/225 have an active promotor, inferring these isolates are phenotypically sensitive to ampicillin.