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Table 2 The role of PMQR in 31 FQ-sensitive CRKP isolates

From: Distribution of fluoroquinolone resistance determinants in Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates associated with bloodstream infections in China

Number of isolates

Carrying PMQR (frequency)

Mutation in QRDRs

CIP MIC (μg/mL)

8

–

No substitution

≤0.25 (8 isolates)

23

aac(6′)-Ib-cr (11);

qnrS1 (9);

qnrB1 (1);

aac(6′)-Ib-cr, qnrS1 (11);

aac(6′)-Ib-cr, qnrS1, qnrB4 (1)

No substitution

0.5 (10 isolates)

1 (1 isolate)

≤0.25 (12 isolates)

  1. CIP ciprofloxacin, MIC minimum inhibitory concentration, PMQR plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance, CRKP carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, FQ fluoroquinolone