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Association between phenotypic ESBL detection and multiplex PCR for ESBL genes
| Multiplex-PCR | ESBL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive (no = 50) | Negative (n = 55) | |||
| N0. | % | N0. | % | |
| Multiplex-PCR | 50 | 100 | 55 | 100% |
| blaTEM | 32 | 64 | 0 | 0% |
| blaSHV | 15 | 30 | 0 | 0% |
| CTX-M | 11 | 22% | 0 | 0% |
| Mixed TEM and SHV | 4 | 8% | ||
| Mixed CTXM and TEM | 4 | 8% | ||
| Mixed SHV and CTX-M | 0 | 0% | ||
Chi-square, P = 0.001.
