Spread of TEM, VIM, SHV, and CTX-M β-Lactamases in Imipenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli Isolated from Egyptian Hospitals

Figure 3

The multiple sequences alignments and trees of VIM gene in different species. (a) VIM gene in E. coli strains isolated from Zagazig University (ZU) Hospitals in comparison with published VIM gene of E. coli strains from GenBank. (b) A tree of VIM sequence of E. coli isolated from ZU Hospitals and published homologs in GenBank. (c) The multiple sequences alignments of VIM gene in K. pneumoniae strains isolated from ZU Hospitals in comparison with published VIM gene in K. pneumoniae strains from GenBank. (d) Phylogenetic tree of VIM sequence of K. pneumoniae isolated from ZU Hospitals and published sequences in GenBank. (e) The multiple sequences alignments of VIM gene in A. baumanii strains isolated from ZU Hospitals in comparison with published VIM gene in A. baumanii strains from GenBank. (f) Phylogenetic tree of VIM sequence of A. baumanii isolated from ZU Hospitals and published sequences in GenBank.

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