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Table 7 Analysis for physical association between bla genes and various genetic elements

From: Analysis for prevalence and physical linkages amongst integrons, ISEcp1, ISCR1, Tn21 and Tn7 encountered in Escherichia coli strains from hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients in Kenya during a 19-year period (1992–2011)

  

Number (%) of β-lactamase physically linked to various genetic elements

β-lactamase genes

Number of isolates tested

IS26

ISEcp1

ISCR1

Integrons

bla SHV-1

60

23 (38)

12 (20)

10 (17)

9 (15)

bla OXA-1

43

12 (28)

21 (49)

32 (74)

36 (84)

bla OXA-2

17

0

2 (12)

5 (29)

3 (18)

bla SHV-5

18

10 (55)

5 (28)

3 (17)

1 (6)

bla SHV-12

19

7 (37)

4 (21)

3 (16)

2 (11)

bla CTX-M-1

9

1 (11)

0

2 (22)

1 (11)

bla CTX-M-3

15

6 (40)

0

0

0

bla CTX-M-8

6

2 (33)

1 (17)

0

0

bla CTX-M-9

3

0

1 (33)

3 (100)

0

bla CTX-M-14

25

10 (40)

3 (12)

5 (20)

3 (12)

bla CTX-M-15

32

4 (13)

30 (94)

0

0

bla TEM-103

18

2 (11)

0

1 (6)

1 (6)

bla TEM-109

9

0

0

0

0

bla TEM-50

10

2 (20)

1 (10)

6 (60)

3 (30)

bla TEM-52

37

29 (78)

1 (3)

3 (8)

2 (5)

bla TEM-78

9

2 (22)

0

3 (33)

2 (22)

bla TEM-125

36

3 (8)

0

3 (8)

2 (6)

bla TEM-152

14

1 (7)

0

4 (29)

2 (14)

bla TEM-158

10

1 (10)

0

0

0

bla CMY-2

48

12 (25)

42 (88)

12 (25)

3 (6)

  1. Analysis for physical linkages between bla genes and various genetic elements. The bla content of the isolates analyzed had been determined in a past study [3].