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The emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in\n                      <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>\n                      , particularly to critically important antibiotics, compounds this public health threat.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This cross\u2010sectional study, conducted in the Rupandehi district of Nepal, aimed to assess\n                      <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>\n                      prevalence in table eggs and characterize the AMR profiles of recovered isolates.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 150 eggs were collected from layer farms (\n                      <jats:italic>n\u00a0=\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                      45), retail shops (\n                      <jats:italic>n\u00a0=\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                      60) and restaurants (\n                      <jats:italic>n\u00a0=\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                      45).\n                      <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>\n                      was isolated using standard culture\u2010based methods, and antimicrobial susceptibility was determined via the Kirby\u2013Bauer disk diffusion method.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The overall prevalence of\n                      <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>\n                      was 10.0% (95% CI: 5.6%\u201316.2%). A statistically significant contamination gradient was observed across the supply chain, with prevalence increasing from 2.2% at farms to 15.0% at retail shops and 11.1% at restaurants (Fisher's exact test,\n                      <jats:italic>p\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;\u00a00.05). Logistic regression analysis identified retail shops as a significant risk factor for contamination compared to farms (OR\u00a0=\u00a07.6). Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of 17 isolates revealed alarmingly high resistance rates to ciprofloxacin (88.2%), tetracycline (76.5%) and ampicillin (70.6%). 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