Research Article

Molecular Analysis of Ciprofloxacin Resistance Mechanisms in Malaysian ESBL-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates and Development of Mismatch Amplification Mutation Assays (MAMA) for Rapid Detection of gyrA and parC Mutations

Table 2

Alterations in gyrA and parC genes detected by MAMA-PCR and confirmed by sequence analysis for selected isolates.

Total number of mutations Number of isolatesAlterations detected by MAMA-PCRConfirmation by sequencing ( )
gyrA parC ā€‰ā€‰
83878084gyrA parC

None 52NoneNoneNoneNoneWild type (7)Wild type (7)
18MutationNoneNoneNoneSer83Tyr (4) ND
21MutationMutationNoneNoneNDND
14MutationNoneMutationNoneSer83Ile (8)Ser80Ile (9), Ser80Arg (1)
2MutationNoneNoneMutationSer83Ile (2)Glu84Lys (2)
316MutationMutationMutationNoneSer83Phe + Asp87Ala (4)Ser80Ile (6)

ND: not done.