Research Article
Prevalence of Virulence Factors and Drug Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Enterococci: A Study from North India
Table 4
Relation of antimicrobial resistance with virulence in enterococci.
| Virulence factors | AMP CIP HSG | AMP CIP HSG NIT | AMP CIP HSG NIT VAN | E. faecalis (11) | E. faecium (10) | E. faecalis (6) | E. faecium (9) | E. faecalis (4) | E. faecium (4) |
| Hemolysin production | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Gelatinase production | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hemagglutination | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Biofilm production | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | asa1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | gelE | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | esp | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | cylA | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | hyl | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
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Mean with the same letter is not significant for the entire column for both the species. Kruskal Wallis applied.
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