Research Article
The Abundance of Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance Genes in Enterobacter cloacae Strains Isolated from Clinical Specimens in Kermanshah, Iran
Table 2
Antibiotic resistance rates of quinolone-resistant and quinolone-susceptible in E. cloacae isolates.
| | Antibiotic | Total resistance n (%) | Quinolone-resistant n: 87 (77%) | Quinolone-susceptible n: 26 (23%) | -value | | R | I | S | R | I | S | R | I | S |
| | CTX | 54 (47.8) | 0 | 59 (52.2) | 53 (60.9) | 0 | 34 (39.1) | 4 (15.4) | 0 | 22 (84.6) | 0.001 | | CAZ | 51 (45.1) | 0 | 62 (54.9) | 50 (57.5) | 2 (2.3) | 35 (40.2) | 3 (11.5) | 0 | 23 (88.5) | 0.001 | | CRO | 63 (55.8) | 0 | 50 (44.2) | 57 (65.5) | 0 | 30 (34.5) | 6 (23.1) | 0 | 20 (76.9) | 0.001 | | ATM | 53 (46.9) | 2 (1.8) | 58 (51.3) | 48 (55.2) | 0 | 39 (44.8) | 3 (11.5) | 0 | 23 (88.5) | 0.001 | | GM | 57 (50.4) | 2 (1.8) | 54 (47.8) | 52 (59.8) | 2 (2.3) | 33 (37.9) | 5 (19.2) | 0 | 21 (80.8) | 0.001 | | AK | 44 (38.9) | 2 (1.8) | 67 (59.3) | 41 (47.1) | 2 (2.3) | 44 (50.6) | 3 (11.5) | 0 | 23 (88.5) | 0.001 | | TN | 66 (58.4) | 3 (2.7) | 44 (38.9) | 51 (58.6) | 3 (3.5) | 33 (37.9) | 15 (57.7) | 0 | 11 (42.3) | 0.513 | | IMI | 16 (14.2) | 6 (5.3) | 91 (80.5) | 11 (12.6) | 4 (4.6) | 72 (82.8) | 5 (19.2) | 2 (7.7) | 19 (73.1) | 0.293 | | NI | 34 (30.1) | 0 | 79 (69.9) | 25 (28.7) | 0 | 62 (71.3) | 9 (34.6) | 0 | 17 (65.4) | 0.365 | | CO | 11 (9.7) | 2 (1.8) | 100 (88.5) | 29 (33.3) | 0 | 58 (66.7) | 9 (34.6) | 0 | 17 (65.4) | 0.540 | | C | 38 (33.6) | 0 | 75 (66.4) | 9 (10.3) | 0 | 78 (89.7) | 2 (7.7) | 2 (7.7) | 22 (84.6) | 0.144 |
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R: resistance; S: sensitive; I: intermediate; CTX: cefotaxime; CAZ: ceftazidime; CRO: ceftriaxone; ATM: aztreonam; GM: gentamicin; AK: amikacin; TN: tobramycin; IMI: imipenem; NI: nitrofurantoin; CO: colistin; C: chloramphenicol.
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