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Table 3 Gene expressions fold change before and after treatment of E. coli isolates with vitamin C

From: Antibacterial effect of vitamin C against uropathogenic E. coli in vitro and in vivo

Gene

Before vitamin C treatment

Median

(IQR)

After vitamin C treatment

Median

(IQR)

P-value

blaSHV

986.8 (699.1–12,284.4)

259.5 (85.6–877.7)

0.005*

blaTEM

127.5 (101.1–183.1)

20.7 (11.5–68.6)

0.003*

blaCTX-M

115.9 (82.7–191.6)

32.7 (11.2–64.1)

0.012*

BlaVIM

1107.4 (814.8–2269.4)

1023.3 (755–1813.1)

0.059

blaNDM

70.1 (48.2–125.1)

14.4 (5.7–30.2)

0.007*

blaIMP

100.8 (80.4–207)

9.4 (3.8–24.3)

0.005*

LasR

1377.6 (269.1–5762.5)

359.4 (170.4–575.7)

0.028*

LecA

3381.3 (1395.8–8169.8)

202.7 (87–2514.9)

0.013*

PelA

4480.9 (398–6655.8)

2283.8 (849.7–4755.2)

0.333

  1. -Wilcoxon Signed Rank test was used for comparison of non-parametric quantitative data between the two times, *: Significant level at P- value < 0.05