Detection and antibiogram profile of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolated from two abattoir settings in northwest Ethiopia: a one health perspective

Table 6 Frequencies of diarrheagenic E. coli pathotypes among the total E. coli isolates

Sample source	Sample Area	E. coli	DEC Pathotypes (%)			Sub-total (%)	Total (%)
Sample source	Sample Area	E. coli	STEC	EHEC	ETEC	Sub-total (%)	Total (%)
Carcass	Gondar	15	2 (13.33)	2 (13.33)	0 (0.00)	4 (26.67)	14 (42.42)
Carcass	Bahir Dar	18	4 (22.22)	3 (16.67)	3 (16.67)	10 (55.56)	14 (42.42)
Knives	Gondar	1	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	1(33.33)
Knives	Bahir Dar	2	1(50.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	1(50.00)	1(33.33)
Feces	Gondar	24	1(4.17)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	1(4.17)	2(4.17)
Feces	Bahir Dar	24	1(4.17)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	1(4.17)	2(4.17)
Sub-total	Gondar	53	3(5.66)	2(3.77)	0 (0.00)	5(9.43)	17(14.78)
Sub-total	Bahir Dar	62	6(9.68)	3(4.84)	3(4.84)	12(19.35)	17(14.78)
Total		115	9(7.83)	5(4.35)	3(2.61)	17(14.78)	17(14.78)

Key: stx2 = Shiga toxin2 gene, eae = intimin gene, hlyA = hemolysin A gene and st = heat stable enterotoxin gene

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