TABLE 2.
PFGE results, pIs, and PCR results for the CTX-M-9, TEM, and SHV families of ESBL-producing E. cloacae
| Patient no. | Antibiotic resistance profilea | pI(s) |
bla gene typeb
|
PFGE result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTX-M-9 | SHV | TEM | ||||
| 1 | GEN-TOB-CIP-SXT | 8.1, 8.2 | + | + | − | A |
| 2 | GEN-TOB-CIP-SXT | 8.2 | − | + | − | A |
| 3 | GEN-TOB-CIP-SXT | 8.1, 8.2 | + | + | − | A |
| GEN-TOB-CIP-SXT | 8.1, 8.2 | + | + | − | A | |
| 4 | GEN-TOB-CIP-SXT | 5.4 | − | − | + | B |
| 5 | GEN-TOB-CIP-SXT | 8.2 | − | + | − | A |
| 6 | GEN-TOB-CIP-SXT | 8.1, 8.2 | + | + | − | A |
| 7 | GEN-TOB-CIP-SXT | 5.4 | − | − | + | B |
a
GEN, gentamicin; TOB, tobramycin; CIP, ciprofloxacin; SXT, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
b
TEM corresponds to a pI of 5.4. CTX-M9 corresponds to a pI of 8.1. SHV corresponds to a pI of 8.2.