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Table 3 Occurrence of bla genes in Salmonella isolates from different sources with reduced susceptibility to beta-lactam antimicrobials

From: Genetic markers associated with resistance to beta-lactam and quinolone antimicrobials in non-typhoidal Salmonella isolates from humans and animals in central Ethiopia

Source

Total no. of isolates

aResistant to ≥ one of beta-lactams (%)

bla genes detectedb

Not detected

No.(%) positive for bla genes

blaTEM

blaOXA10

blaCTX-M

Cattle

50

16(32)

12

-

-

4

8(75)

Poultry

26

13(50)

12

-

 

1

12(92.3)

Swine

8

2(25)

1

-

-

1

1(50)

Human

68

12(17.7)

9

1

1

2

c10(83.3)

Total

152

43(28.3)

34

1

1

8

34(79.1)

  1. aAmpicillin, Cephalothin, Cefoxitin, Ceftriaxone, amoxicillin and clavulanic acid
  2. bThough all isolates were screened for blaSHV, blaOXA1, blaOXA4, blaPER, blaPSE and blaCMY2, none of them were positive for these genes
  3. c blaOXA10 and blaCTX-M-15 were detected in a single isolate