Widespread dissemination of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing, multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli in livestock and fishery products in Vietnam

Table 1 Prevalence of antibiotic-resistant ESBL-E. coli in the food samples

		Food type
		Animal products		Fishery products
	Total	Poultry	Pork	Shrimp	Fish
No. of samples tested	253	60	69	60	64
No. of ESBL-E. coli-positive samples	173 (68.4 %)	53 (88.3 %)*	35 (50.7 %)	45 (75.0 %)	40 (62.5 %)
ESBL-E. coli isolates^a	372	126	81	85	80

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