Prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence gene profiles of Arcobacter species isolated from human stool samples, foods of animal origin, ready-to-eat salad mixes and environmental water

Table 1 Prevalence of Arcobacter spp. in the examined samples

Matrix	Sampling period^a	No. of samples	No. of positive samples (%)
Matrix	Sampling period^a	No. of samples	Arcobacter spp.	A. butzleri	A. cryaerophilus	A. skirrowii
Chicken meat	10.2018–09.2019	331	119 (36)^a	114 (95.8)	5 (4.2)	–
Raw cow milk	01.2019–12.2019	104	26 (25)^b	26 (100)	–	–
RTE salad mixes	11.2018–03.2019 and 05.2019–10.2019	99	7 (7.1)^c	2 (28.6)	5 (71.4)	–
Environmental water	12.2018–11.2019	128	36 (28.1)^a,b	30 (83.3)	6 (16.7)	–
Human stool	03.2019–02.2020	1200	20 (1.7)^d	20 (100)	–	–
Total		1862	208 (11.2)	192 (92.3)^e	16 (7.7)^f	–

^a−d Values in the same column denoted by different superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0.05)
^e,f Values in the same row denoted by different superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0.05)

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