BioMed Research International

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Characterization of Multidrug Resistant ESBL-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Hospitals in Malaysia

Table 2

Antimicrobial resistance, size of plasmids and ESBL genes detected in the selected donor E. coli isolates, and their respective transconjugants and transformants.
No.Resistance profileESBL-encoding gene detected by PCRPlasmid donor (kb)Plasmid transformant/transconjugant (kb)Resistance profile of transformant/ transconjugantESBL-encoding gene transferredMode of transfer
EC7AMP, PIP, TET, CRO, FEP, NAL, SXT, CHL, CFP, CAZ, KAN, ATM , , bla CTX-M 13555AMP, PIP, TET, CRO, FEP, NAL, SXT, CFP, KAN, ATM , ,Transformation
EC10AMP, PIP, TET, NAL, SXT, CHL, CAZ, KAN, CIP, STR, GENbla TEM310310AMP, PIP, TET, NAL, SXT, CHL, CIP, STR, GENbla TEMTransformation
EC12AMP, PIP, TET, NAL, SXT, CHL, KAN, STRbla TEM5050AMP, PIP, TET, SXT, KAN, STRbla TEMTransformation
EC18AMP, PIP, TET, SXT, STR, CRObla TEM190190AMPbla TEMConjugation
EC24AMP, PIP, TET, NAL, SXT, CHL, KAN, CIP, GEN , bla CTX-M 6060AMP, PIP, TET, NAL, SXT, CHL, CIP, GEN , bla CTX-M Transformation
EC31AMP, PIP, TET, SXT, CHL, CFP, KAN, CRO, STRND9040AMP, PIP, SXT, CFPNDConjugation
EC36AMP, PIP, TET, SXT, CFP, CIP, STR, KAN, GEN, NAL, CHL, SXTbla TEM300300AMP, PIP, TET, SXT, CIP, STR, GEN, CHL, NALbla TEMTransformation
EC46AMP, PIP, STRbla TEM5050AMP, PIP, STRbla TEMConjugation