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Distributions of virulence genes in enterococci with high-level aminoglycoside resistance.
| Virulence gene | Distribution of high-level aminoglycoside resistance in enterococci (n = 30) |
Total no. (%) of isolates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. faecium (n = 20) | E. faecalis (n = 8) | E. avium (n = 2) | ||
| gelE | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 (33.3%) |
| esp | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 (23.3%) |
| cylA | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 (23.3%) |
| ace | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (3.3%) |
| agg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0%) |
| efaA | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 (26.7%) |
