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Table 3 Microbial counts (CFU/g) of street food samples in selected towns of Ethiopia, 2022

From: Antibiotic resistance patterns of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterobacteriaceae isolated from street foods in selected towns of Ethiopia

Bacteria Name

Ranges

Mean

Standard deviation

Statistical significance

Between Food items

Between Towns

Staphylococcus aureus

5.4 × 103 to 4.2 × 106

3.2 × 105

± 2.5 × 104

0.920

0.729

Citrobacter

1.4 × 104 to 1.2 × 106

2.8 × 105

± 4.4 × 105

0.480

0.001*

Shigella

2.4 × 102 to 2.5 × 106

3.7 × 104

± 1.5 × 105

0.001*

0.001*

E. coli

3.2 × 103 to 8.4 × 105

1.9 × 105

± 2.5 × 105

0.918

0.302

Klebsiella

6.3 × 103 to 7.6 × 105

2.2 × 105

± 2.7 × 105

0.001*

0.331

Providencia

4.3 × 103 to 6.8 × 105

2.2 × 105

± 3.0 × 105

0.988

0.060

Enterobacter

8.6 × 103 to 5.4 × 105

1.5 × 105

± 1.9 × 105

0.944

0.010*

Serratia

4.6 × 103 to 2.5 × 105

5.4 × 104

± 5.9 × 104

0.952

0.032*

Salmonella

1.2 × 102 to 2.5 × 104

1.6 × 104

± 2.5 × 104

0.992

0.525

Salmonella group A

1.6 × 102 to 6.7 × 103

5.4 × 103

± 1.0 × 104

0.001*

0.070

Shigella dysentery

2.5 × 102 to 4.6 × 103

1.6 × 104

± 2.5 × 104

0.999

0.476

  1. * Statistical significance at p < 0.05 in ANOVA analysis
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