Research Article

From the Urinary Catheter to the Prevalence of Three Classes of Integrons, β-Lactamase Genes, and Differences in Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Proteus mirabilis and Clonal Relatedness with Rep-PCR

Table 2

The relationship between the duration of catheterization and the strength of biofilm formation.

Duration of catheterizationNumber of isolation (%)Strong biofilm (%)Moderate biofilm (%)Weak biofilm (%)

15 days4 (10)3 (75)1 (25)0 (0)
10 days20 (50)7 (35)13 (65)0 (0)
7 days16 (40)2 (12.5)6 (37.5)8 (50)