Volume 31, Number 10—October 2025
Research
Multidrug-Resistant pESI-Harboring Salmonella enterica Serovar Muenchen Sequence Type 82 in Poultry and Humans, Israel, 2020–2023
Janet Perry, Tal Rakler, Katya Arnold, Anat Wiseman, Cinthia Satuchne, Yaniv Pima, Galina Moiseeva, Ilana Maler, Eugenia Yakunin, Assaf Rokney, and Ehud Elnekave
Table 4
Risk factors for positivity to Salmonella enterica serovar Muenchen in broiler flocks by drag swab sampling taken from inside broiler barns in study of Salmonella Muenchen in poultry and humans, Israel, 2020–2023
| Risk factor | No. positive/no. tested (%) |
Odds ratio (95% CI) | p value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First risk group | Second risk group | |||
| Breeder group, positive vs. control | 18/25 (72) | 18/24 (75) | 0.86 (0.20–3.67) | 0.812 |
| Integration member, yes vs. no |
26/36 (72.2) |
9/12 (75) |
0.87 (0.13–4.53) |
1 |
| Time of sampling | ||||
| During evacuation vs. before | 17/23 (73.9) | 8/10 (80) | 0.71 (0.06–5.31) | 1 |
| After evacuation vs. before |
11/16 (68.8) |
8/10 (80) |
0.55 (0.04–4.64) |
0.668 |
| Exterior swab, positive vs. negative | 20/20 (100) | 6/25 (24) | ∞ (10.45–∞) | <0.001 |
*Calculated using Pearson χ2 test; if values to compare were <5, Fisher exact test was used. A significance level of α = 0.05 was applied.
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