Molecular Screening of Virulence Genes in Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Human Blood Culture in Brazil

Table 2

Plasmid and resistance profile of strains from hemocultures.

Strains	Plasmids	Molecular size of the plasmids (MDa)	Resistance profile
1	p1a	78	ApCbCfCmKnTr
2	p2a, b, c, d	113, 112, 86, 82	ApCbSmFoKnTr
3	p3a, b, c, d, e	112, 99, 78, 58, 29	ApCbCfCmSmFoGnKnSiSuTbTcTr
4	p4a	59	ApCfFoTcTr
5	p5a, b	99, 71	ApCbCfCmSmFoKnSuTcTr
6	p6a	112	ApCbCfCmSmFoGnKnSiTcTr
7	p7a	99	ApCbSmFoSu
8	NP	—	ApFo
9	NP	—	ApFo
10	p10a	82	ApCmFoTc
11	p11a	68	ApCbCmSmFo
12	NP	—	Ap
13	p13a, b, c, d, e	87, 68, 59, 50, 29	ApCbCfSmFoGnKnSuTbTcTr
14	p14a, b	62, 44	ApCbSm
15	NP	—	Ap
16	NP	—	Ap
17	p17a	87	ApCfCmSmKnTcTr
18	p18a	62	Ap
19	p19a	92	ApCbCmSmKnSuTcTr
20	NP	—	Ap

NP: no plasmid; Ap: ampicillin; Cb: carbenicillin; Cf: cephalothin; Cm: chloramphenicol; Sm: streptomycin; Fo: fosfomycin; Gn: gentamicin; Kn: kanamycin; Si: sisomicin; Su: sulfonamide; Tb: tobramycin; Tc: tetracycline; Tr: trimethoprim.