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. 2023 May 16;11(3):e05087-22. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.05087-22

TABLE 2.

AME genes present in P. aeruginosa isolates

No. of Isolates with AME Gene (% of Isolates)
Gene Protein Activitya 1999–2002 2003–2009 2017–2019 Total
(n = 93) (n = 101) (n = 33) (n = 227)
aac(3)-Id AAC(3)-Id gent 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.4%)
aac(3)-IIIb AAC(3)-IIIb gent, tob, kan 0 (0%) 2 (2%) 0 (0%) 2 (0.9%)
aac(6′)-Ib AAC(6’)-Ib tob, kan 1 (1%) 3 (3%) 0 (0%) 4 (2%)
aac(6′)-Ib' AAC(6’)-Ib’ gent, tob 3 (3%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 3 (1%)
aac(6′)-II AAC(6)-II gent, tob 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.4%)
aac(6′)-IIc AAC(6’)-IIc gent, tob, kan 0 (0%) 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.4%)
aadA1 ANT(3″)-Ia strep 0 (0%) 2 (2%) 0 (0%) 2 (0.9%)
aadA2 ANT(3″)-Ia strep 4 (4%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 4 (2%)
aadA6 ANT(3″)-Ia strep 4 (4%) 5 (5%) 1 (3%) 10 (4%)
aadA7 ANT(3″)-Ia strep 0 (0%) 3 (3%) 0 (0%) 3 (1%)
aadA10 ANT(3″)-Ia strep 4 (4%) 3 (3%) 1 (3%) 8 (4%)
ant(2″)-Ia ANT(2″)-Ia gent, tob 8 (9%) 4 (4%) 1 (3%) 13 (6%)
aph(3′)-Ib APH(3′)-Ib kan, neo 0 (0%) 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.4%)
aph(3′)-IIb APH(3′)-IIb kan, neo 93 (100%) 101 (100%) 33 (100%) 227 (100%)
aph(3″)-Ib APH(3″)-Ib strep 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.4%)
aph(6)-Id APH(6)-Id strep 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.4%)
Isolates with at least 1 AME geneb     16 (17%) 14 (14%) 2 (6%) 32 (14%)
a

Published activities of these AME genes against gentamicin (gent), tobramycin (tob), kanamycin (kan), neomycin (neo), and streptomycin (strep) are indicated (8, 9).

b

Excluding aph(3’)-IIb.