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. 2015 Mar 17;10(3):e0119268. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119268

Table 5. Prevalence of virulence markers among isolates which are sensitive or resistant to 1 or 2 antimicrobials.

Virulence factor Sensitive to all antimicrobials (n = 59) Resistant to 1 antimicrobials (n = 104) Resistant to 2 antimicrobials (n = 11) Statistical analysis
% 95% CL % 95% CL % 95% CL
ciaB +ve 67.8 57.11–76.98 73.1 66.27–78.96 81.8 50.00–96.66 χ22 = 0.82; P = 0.66 = NS
ciaB—ve 32.2 23.02–42.89 26.9 21.04–33.73 18.2 3.34–50.00
cadF +ve 55.9 45.19–66.13 62.5 55.39–69.13 54.5 26.46–80.04 χ 2 2 = 0.742; P = 0.69 = NS
cadF-ve 44.1 33.87–54.81 37.5 30.87–44.61 45.5 19.96–73.54
cdtB +ve 89.8 81.58–94.80 86.5 80.99–90.78 81.8 50.00–96.66 χ 2 2 = 0.44; P = 0.80 = NS
cdtB—ve 10.2 5.20–18.42 13.5 9.22–19.01 18.2 3.34–50.00
htrB +ve 61.0 50.30–70.76 72.1 65.28–78.06 63.6 33.29–86.49 χ 2 2 = 2.16; P = 0.34 = NS
htrB—ve 39.0 29.24–49.70 27.9 21.94–34.72 36.4 13.51–66.71
clpP +ve 86.4 77.47–92.37 83.7 77.76–88.37 63.6 33.29–86.49 χ 2 2 = 2.45; P = 0.25 = NS
clpP-ve 13.6 7.63–22.53 16.3 11.63–22.24 36.4 13.51–66.71

All statistical tests here were 2x3 Chi-squared tests