TABLE 3.
Restriction patterns of conjugative plasmids and transferred resistance genes in conjugation experiments
| Coexistent resistance gene(s) (no. of isolates)a | Pattern (no. of transconjugants) of transferred plasmids containing:
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| blaIMP-8 and blaSHV-12 | blaIMP-8, blaSHV-12, and qnrB | blaIMP-8 and qnrB | qnrS | |
| blaSHV-12 (12) | B7 (2), B10 (1), B11 (1) | |||
| qnrS, blaSHV-12 (11) | B6 (1), B7 (7), B8 (1), B9 (1), B12 (1) | A (4) | ||
| qnrB (9) | B1 (1) | |||
| qnrB, blaSHV-12 (21) | B2 (1), B3 (3), B4 (1), B5 (1) | |||
| qnrS, qnrB (1) | ||||
| qnrS, qnrB, blaSHV-12 (2) | B5 (1) | A (1) | ||
a
Coexistent qnr genes and/or blaSHV-12 with blaIMP-8 in E. cloacae isolates.