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Table 3 Distribution of PMQR determinants per organism

From: Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance genes detected in Ciprofloxacin non-susceptible Escherichia coli and Klebsiella isolated from children under five years at hospital discharge, Kenya

 

E. coli

K. oxytoca

K. pneumoniae

Total

PMQR genes

N = 188

N = 6

N = 86

N = 280

qnrB

20 (11%)

2 (33%)

45 (52%)

67 (24%)

qnrS

27 (14%)

1 (17%)

18 (21%)

46 (16%)

aac(6′)-Ib-cr

89 (47%)

5 (83%)

73 (85%)

167 (59%)

qepA

16 (9%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

16 (6%)

OqxA

2 (1%)

4 (67%)

83 (97%)

89 (32%)

OqxB

0 (0%)

3 (50%)

59 (69%)

62 (22%)

OqxAB

0 (0%)

3 (50%)

58 (67%)

61 (22%)

  1. E. coli Escherichia coli, K. oxytoca Klebsiella oxytoca, K. pneumoniae Klebsiella pneumoniae, N Number, PMQR Plasmid mediated quinolone resistance
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