Table 3 Prevalence of P. aeruginosa in different organs of naturally infected O. niloticus and C. gariepinus.

From: Emerging MDR-Pseudomonas aeruginosa in fish commonly harbor oprL and toxA virulence genes and blaTEM, blaCTX-M, and tetA antibiotic-resistance genes

Fish species

No of isolates

Organs

Chi-square value

P-value

Liver

Kidney

Spleen

No

%

No

%

No

%

O. niloticus

112

54

48.2

40

35.7

18

16.1

26.4643

 < .0001

C. gariepinus

84

36

42.8

28

33.3

20

23.9

6.0952

0.0475

Total

196

90

45.9

68

34.7

38

19.4

  
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