From: Fresh produce as a potential vehicle for transmission of Acinetobacter baumannii
Sample Source | No. of samples with confirmed A. baumannii / No. of samples collected | No. of samples with presumptive A. baumannii colonies | Molecular identification of A. baumannii by PCR | No. of samples with confirmed A. pittii isolates | ||
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A | B | C | ||||
Vegetables | ||||||
Tomato | 0/10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Cucumber varieties d | 3/12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Carrot | 0/10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Lettuce | 0/10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Lemon | 0/10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sweet Green Pepper | 0/10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sweet Yellow Pepper | 1/10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Sweet Red Pepper | 1/10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Arugula | 2/10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Mint | 2/10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Parsley | 0/10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Red Radish | 1/10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Coriander | 0/10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Chili Green Pepper | 0/10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chili Red Pepper | 0/4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cherry Tomato | 0/8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fruits | ||||||
Apple varieties e | 2/19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Pear | 2/10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Grape | 1/11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Strawberry | 1/10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Peach | 0/12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Guava | 1/8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Mango | 0/10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 17/234 | 150 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 54 |