“…[ 27 ] previously reported a 26.2% ESBL prevalence in Assam (NE India), whereas Behera et al . [ 28 ] reported 43% combined prevalence in E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae from community UTIs from E. India, and, in 2021, Kumar et al [ 29 ] reported a 46.6% ESBL prevalence in E. coli from Uttarakhand in N India. In 2022, Mohapatra et al [ 13 ] reported an ESBL prevalence of more than 50% across four centers for E. coli .…”