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Table 2 Distribution of bfp genes among 210 bft-positive B. fragilis strains

From: Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of enterotoxigenic extra-intestinal Bacteroides fragilis among 13-year collection of isolates in Kuwait

bfp gene in B. fragilis strains

No (%)

bfp1- positive

25 (11.9)

bfp2-positive

20 (9.5)

bfp3-positive

9 (4.2)

bfp4 positive

0 (0)

bfp1 and bfp2-positive

59 (28.1)

bfp1 and bfp3-positive

8 (3.8)

bfp1 and bfp4-positive

1 (0.47)

bfp2 and bfp3-positive

3 (1.4)

bfp1, bfp2 and bfp3-positive

31 (14.7)

bfp1, bfp2 and bfp4-positive

2 (0.95)

bfp1, bfp2, bfp3 and bfp4-positive

6 (12.6)

bfp –negative

46 (21.9)