Table 3 Distribution of aminoglycoside modifying enzyme-encoding genes among Enterococcus species with high-level aminoglycoside resistance
HLAR MIC and detection of genes by PCR | Distribution of HLAR in Enterococcus spp. (N = 50) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. faecalis (30) | E. faecium (15) | E. gallinarum (4) | E. casseliflavus (1) | Total (N) | |
HLGR (MIC) | 21 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 39 |
HLGR (gene detection) | |||||
aac(6′)-Ie-aph(2″)-Ia | 17 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
aph(2″)-Ib | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
aph(2″)-Ic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
aph(2″)-Id | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HLSR (MIC) | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 37 |
HLSR (gene detection) | |||||
aph(3′)-IIIa | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 |