Table 3 Bacterial profile of food of bottle-fed babies attending health institutions in Arba Minch, southern Ethiopia, 2022 (n = 220)

Powdered infant formula

Klebsiella spp., Enterobacter spp., Citrobacter spp., E. coli CoNs, Enterococcus spp., S. aureus

Cow milk

E. coli, Enterobacter, Salmonella spp., Citrobacter spp., Klebsiella spp., CoNs, Enterococcus, and S. aureus

Cereal blend

E. coli, Enterobacter spp., Proteus spp., Salmonella spp., Citrobacter sp., Klebsiella spp., CoNs, Enterococcus spp., and S. aureus

Fruit juice

E. coli, Enterobacter spp., Proteus spp., Citrobacter spp., Klebsiella spp., CoNs and, S. aureus

Total

Enterobacteriaceae (n = 201)

Gram-positive cocci (n = 53)