“…However, in group D of APEC isolates, all of them were resistant to erythromycin, ciprofloxacin, nalidixic acid, cephalexin, amoxicillin, ampicillin, and penicillin. This fact could be due to the high level of prevalence [15, 23, 24], virulence [1, 2, 15, 25], resistance [2, 22], and plasmid-mediated resistance gene transfer in these isolates (groups B2 and D).…”