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. 2020 Oct 7;9(10):678. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9100678

Table 4.

Correlation between antibiotic sales and prevalence of presumptive ESBL-producing E. coli in fattening pigs, 2017.

Antibiotic Sales Prevalence Correlation Coefficient Correlation Level [111]
Penicillin sales for food-producing animals, (mg/PCU) & Presumptive ESBL E. coli prevalence in fattening pigs 0.464 Middle
1st and 2nd generation cephalosporin sales for food-producing animals, (mg/PCU) & Presumptive ESBL E. coli prevalence in fattening pigs 0.180 Very low
3rd and 4th generation cephalosporin sales for food-producing animals, (mg/PCU) & Presumptive ESBL E. coli prevalence in fattening pigs 0.074 Very low