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Table 2 Occurence of plasmidal AmpC in group I Enterobacteriaceae

From: Prevalence of plasmid-mediated AmpC in Enterobacteriaceae isolated from humans and from retail meat in Zagazig, Egypt

Population

Proportion of pAmpC+ Enterobacteriaceae

Percentage pAmpC+ (95% CI)

Patients suspected of blood stream infection

(n=225)

4/ 72 group I Enterobacteriaceae

3/ 55 E.coli

1/ 15 K.pneumoniae

5,6% of group I Enterobacteriaceae (2,2–13,4)

5,5% of E.coli (1,9–14,9)

6,7% of K.pneumoniae (1,2– 29,8)

Patients with community-onset gastroenteritis

(n=100)

5/105 group I Enterobacteriaceae

0/ 72 E.coli

3/ 23 K.pneumoniae

2/ 5 P.mirabilis

4,8% of group I Enterobacteriaceae (2,1–10,7)

0% of E.coli (0–5,1)

13% of K.pneumoniae (4,5–32,1)

Retail chicken meat

(n=112)

2/ 83 group I Enterobacteriaceae

2/ 37 E.coli

0/ 44 K.pneumoniae

2,4% of group I Enterobacteriaceae (0,7–8,4)

5,4% (1,5–17,7) of E.coli

0% of K.pneumoniae (0–8,0)

Retail sheep meat

(n=100)

1/ 95 group I Enterobacteriaceae

1/ 93 E.coli

1,1% of group I Enterobacteriaceae (0,2–5,7)

1,1% of E.coli (0,2–5,8)