BMC Microbiology

Table 3 Relationship between antimicrobial resistance and virulence factor genes in UPEC

From: Virulence factors of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) and correlation with antimicrobial resistance

	Antibiotic resistance (%)
Virulence marker	Amikacin	Ampicillin	Ceftriaxone	Cotrimoxazole	Meropenem	Nitrofurantoin	Norfloxacin
Hemolysin
Positive (n = 34)	41	88	73	85	35	50	70
Negative (n = 71)	12	33	25	28	12	18	30
P value	0.001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.007	0.001	0.003
Biofilm
Positive (n = 65)	30	67	49	60	26	38	52
Negative (n = 40)	7.5	25	27	25	10	12.5	30
P value	0.005	0.0001	0.028	0.375	0.044	0.04	0.041
Hemagglutinin
MRHA positive (n = 55)	32	69	52	67	23	36	58
MRHA negative (n = 50)	10	32	28	24	16	20	28
P value	0.005	0.001	0.01	0.126	0.329	0.064	0.012
MSHA positive (n = 6)	66	83	83	83	50	83	83
MSHA negative (n = 99)	19	49	38	44	18	25	41
P value	0.006	0.088	0.030	0.001	0.05	0.002	0.179

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