TABLE 2.

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) isolates from food handlers and infected control patients.

Bacteria	Number (%) of CRE isolates		p-value
	FHs (N = 36)	ICPs (N = 87)
Escherichia coli	15 (41.7)	15 (17.3)	0.004*
Klebsiella pneumoniae	8 (22.2)	65 (74.7)	0.001*
Enterobacter cloacae	3 (8.3)	4 (4.7)	0.41
Kluyvera spp.	2 (5.5)	0 (0)
Citrobacter freundii	1 (2.8)	1 (1.2)	0.51
Citrobacter youngae	1 (2.8)	0 (0)
Escherichia fergusonii	1 (2.8)	0 (0)
Morganella morganii	1 (2.8)	0 (0)
Pantoea spp.	1 (2.8)	1 (1.2)	0.51
Proteus vulgaris	1 (2.8)	0 (0)
Providencia rettegri	1 (2.8)	0 (0)
Serratia marcescens	1 (2.8)	1 (1.2)	0.51

FHs, food handlers; ICPs, infected control patients.

*p-value is significant.