TABLE 2.
Plasmid profiles of E. aerogenes
| Plasmid profile | No. of plasmids | Approximate size (kb) | Ward (no. of isolates)a | Antibiogram resultsb,c
|
Most likely ESBL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAZ | ATM | SXT | GM | |||||
| a | 5 | 50, 35, 20, 15, 12 | OPC (1) | R | R | R | SHV-4 | |
| b | 5 | 50, 45, 35, 20, 10 | SCW1 (6) | R | R | R | SHV-4 | |
| c | 4 | 60, 45, 20, 10 | SCW1 (5) | R | R | R | R | SHV-4 |
| SCW2 (2) | R | R | R | R | SHV-4 | |||
| MICU (2) | R | R | R | R | SHV-4 | |||
| d | 4 | 45, 35, 20, 10 | SCW1 (2) | R | R | R | R | SHV-4 |
| SCW2 (1) | R | R | R | R | SHV-4 | |||
| e | 3 | 60, 50, 14 | SCW1 (2) | R | R | R | R | SHV-4 |
| OPC (2) | R | R | R | R | SHV-4 | |||
| f | 3 | 60, 50, 10 | SCW1 (1) | R | R | R | ||
| g | 2 | 50, 10 | SCW1 (1) | R | R | SHV-3 | ||
| SCW2 (2) | R | R | R | R | SHV-4 | |||
| SGW (1) | R | R | R | R | SHV-4 | |||
| h | 0 | SCW1 (1) | R | R | R | R | SHV-5 | |
| SCW2 (1) | R | R | R | R | SHV-4 | |||
| MICU (1) | R | R | R | R | SHV-4 | |||
a
OPC, outpatient clinic; SCW1, spinal cord injury ward 1; SCW2, spinal cord injury ward 2; MICU, medical intensive care unit; SGW, surgical general ward.
b
CAZ, ceftazidime; ATM, aztreonam; SXT, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; GM, gentamicin.
c
R, resistant.