Antimicrobial Resistance Phenotype of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli Isolates Obtained from Meat in the Formal and Informal Sectors in South Africa

Table 2

Percentage isolation of S. aureus and E. coli in the formal and informal meat sectors.

Meat sector	Abattoirs/slaughter points	Animal	No. of carcasses sampled	S. aureus		E. coli
				Presumptive isolates (%)	Confirmed with PCR (%)	Presumptive isolates (%)	Confirmed with PCR (%)
Formal	HT1	Cattle	168	143 (58.6)	51 (20.9)	109 (44.7)	104 (42.6)
Formal	HT2	Sheep	36	23 (9.4)	7 (2.9)	27 (11.1)	24 (9.8)
		Pig	40	31 (12.7)	16 (6.6)	21 (8.6)	12 (4.9)
Total			244	197 (80.7)	74 (30.3)	157 (64.3)	140 (57.4)
Informal	Alice	Cattle	16	16 (11.8)	10 (7.4)	16 (11.8)	14 (10.3)
		Sheep	32	31 (22.8)	9 (6.6)	21 (15.4)	20 (14.7)
Informal	East London	Cattle	20	20 (14.7)	11 (8.1)	16 (11.8)	16 (11.8)
Informal	King William’s Town	Cattle	16	15 (11)	9 (6.6)	11 (8.1)	11 (8.1)
Informal	Queenstown	Sheep	52	46 (33.8)	29 (21.3)	44 (32.4)	43 (31.6)
Total			136	128 (94.1)	68 (50)	108 (79.4)	104 (76.5)