Salmonella is an important foodborne pathogen that causes public health problems globally,
and the increase of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella has intensified the problem.
Chicken meat is an important reservoir and disseminator of Salmonella to humans. This
study aimed at estimating the burden of Salmonella carrying extended-spectrum β-
lactamase (ESBL) and their antimicrobial resistance pattern in 113 domestic frozen chicken
meat samples purchased from supershops available in five divisional megacities of …