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Table 2 Frequency of Phenotypic ESBL and MBL producing isolates

From: Phenotypic and molecular characterization of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. causing childhood diarrhoea in Awka, South-Eastern Nigeria

Isolate

ESBL positive

n (%)

MBL positive

n (%)

Co-expression of ESBL and MBL gene

n (%)

E. coli

49 (45.4%)

27 (25%)

11 (10.1%)

Salmonella spp.

27 (51.1%)

7 (14.3%)

4 (8.2%)