Ethiopian Food Surface Microbial Contamination and Resistance Profiles

Two Excel files contain metadata on bacterial isolates from food-contact surfaces in five Ethiopian towns and their antimicrobial resistance profiles against six antibiotics. The dataset, created by Daniel Teshome Gebeyehu, was last updated in April 2026 and is provided as a 34.7 KB ZIP archive. It supports analysis of contamination patterns and multidrug resistance.

Use Cases

• Analyze contamination patterns by linking sampling site location and surface type (e.g., knives, hands) to isolate counts.
• Classify bacterial isolates as sensitive, intermediate, or resistant based on inhibition zone measurements for six antibiotics.
• Compute summary statistics (mean, standard deviation) for resistance profiles across different bacterial species.
• Identify multidrug resistance patterns by cross-referencing resistance interpretation categories for multiple antibiotics per isolate.

Strengths

• Provides resistance data for six specific antibiotics per isolate.
• Covers samples from five distinct towns in Ethiopia.
• Includes metadata on multiple food-contact surface types (e.g., knives, tables, hands).

Limitations

• Very small dataset at only 34.7 KB total, indicating limited sample size.
• Unknown row count prevents assessment of statistical power.
• Geographic scope is limited to five towns in a single country.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Daniel Teshome Gebeyehu.

Collection Method

Samples collected from food-contact surfaces in selected towns.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

Geography

Five towns in Ethiopia.