. 2020 Aug 28;9(9):1190. doi: 10.3390/foods9091190

Table 2.

Prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria from the edible offal and muscle meats.

Bacterial Species ^A	Isolates (n = 116)	No. (%) of Bacteria Isolates in the Edible Offal Resistant to Antimicrobial Agents ^B
Bacterial Species ^A	Isolates (n = 116)	AMC	CTX	CAZ	CRO	CHL	CIP	ERY	IPM	TET	VAN
Offal meats
Salmonella enterica serovar	7	0 (0.0) ^c	3 (42.9) ^ab	0 (0.0) ^c	4 (57.1) ^ab	5 (71.4) ^a	0 (0.0) ^c	7 (100) ^a	0 (0.0)^c	6 (85.7) ^a	7 (100) ^a
Campylobacter	3	0 (0) ^a	3 (100) ^a	0 (0) ^a	3 (100) ^a	0 (0) ^a	3 (100) ^a	3 (100) ^a	0 (0) ^a	1 (33.3) ^a	3 (100) ^a
Escherichia coli	53	53 (100) ^a	39 (73.6) ^ab	9 (17) ^c	39 (73.6) ^ab	36 (67.9) ^ab	18 (34) ^bc	53 (100) ^a	0 (0) ^c	53 (100) ^a	53 (100) ^a
Enterococci	53	0 (0) ^c	51 (96.2) ^a	51 (96) ^a	52 (98) ^a	9 (17) ^bc	32 (60) ^ab	51 (96.2) ^a	0 (0) ^c	49 (92.5) ^a	40 (75.5) ^ab
Total	116	53 (46) ^bc	96 (83) ^ab	60 (52) ^bc	98 (84.5) ^ab	50 (43.1) ^bc	53 (46) ^bc	114 (98.3) ^a	0 (0) ^c	109 (94) ^a	103 (88.8) ^ab
Muscle meats
Salmonella enterica serovar	8	2 (25) ^bc	5 (62.5) ^ab	2 (25) ^bc	5 (62.5) ^ab	5 (62.5) ^ab	0 (0.0) ^c	8 (100) ^a	0 (0) ^c	8 (100) ^a	8 (100) ^a
Campylobacter	2	0 (0)^a	2 (100) ^a	0 (0) ^a	2 (100) ^a	2 (100) ^a	1 (50) ^a	2 (100) ^a	0 (0) ^a	0 (0) ^a	2 (100) ^a
Escherichia coli	51	47 (92.2) ^a	26 (51) ^ab	9 (17.7) ^c	28 (55) ^ab	28 (55) ^ab	14 (26) ^bc	51 (100) ^a	1 (2) ^c	51 (100) ^a	51 (100) ^a
Enterococci	54	1 (1.9) ^c	50 (92.6) ^a	49 (90.7) ^a	51 (94.4) ^a	27 (50) ^ab	49 (90.7) ^a	53 (98.1) ^a	0 (0) ^c	54 (100) ^a	45 (83.3) ^a
Total	115	50 (43.5) ^bc	83 (71.2) ^b	60 (52.2) ^bc	86 (74.8) ^b	62 (53.9) ^bc	64 (55.7) ^bc	114 (99.1) ^a	1 (0.9) ^c	113 (98.3) ^a	106 (92.2) ^a

^A Bacterial species isolated from the edible offal. ^B Ten selected antibiotics for antimicrobial susceptibility test: Amoxicillin/Clavalanic acid (AMC); Cefotaxime (CTX); Ceftazidime (CAZ); Ceftriaxone (CRO); Chloramphenicol (CHL); Ciprofloxacin (CIP); Erythromycin (ERY); Imipenem (IPM); Tetracycline (TET); and Vancomycin (VAN). ^a–c Mean percentages in the same row followed by different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).