TABLE 2.
Occurrence of ESBL/AmpC-producing Enterobacteriaceae in food samples.
| Food category | Number of samples analyzed | Number of samples positive for ESBL/AmpC Enterobacteriaceae (%)a | Number of samples positive for ESBL/AmpC E. coli (%) | Number of samples positive for ESBL/AmpC K. pneumoniae (%) | Number of isolates obtained (samples positive for bacterial growth/total no. of samples) | Number of E. coli isolates/total no. of isolates (%) | Number of K. pneumoniae isolates/total no. of isolates (%) |
| Vegetables | 60 | 3 (5) | 2 (3) | 1 (2) | 127 (57/60) | 2/127 (2) | 2/127 (2) |
| Fruits and berries | 50 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 40 (25/50) | 0/40 (0) | 0/40 (0) |
| Meat | 60 | 11 (18) | 10 (17) | 2 (3) | 103 (49/60) | 19/103 (18) | 3/103 (3) |
| Seafood | 30 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 43 (21/30) | 0/43 (0) | 0/43 (0) |
| Total | 200 | 14 (7) | 12 (6) | 3 (2) | 313 (152/200) | 21/313 (7) | 5/313 (2) |
| Subsamples | 40 | 36 (90) | 35 (89) | 4 (10) | 135 (40/40) | 86/135 (64) | 4/135 (3) |
aBased on phenotypic tests (EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards, 2011; EUCAST, 2017) and species identification with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry, including results with a score value of 2.0–3.0.