Table 3.

The expression of MexAB-OprM efflux pump genes in P. aeruginosa strains isolated from children

Patients	Gender	Age (Months)	Expression level (folds)
			AmpC (Ct)	MexA	MexB	OprM
A1	F	20	27.9	9.2	8.7	6.4
F1	M	12	25.7	4.8	5	3.3
A2	M	11	27.6	9.6	10.8	5.4
E1	M	5	28.3	12	14	9.3
C1	F	9	27.9	9.1	10.5	6.3
A3	F	10.5	27.6	8.2	7.3	5.3
G1	M	15	26.1	3.7	3.5	3
D1	M	10	28.0	8.6	5.3	5.8
H1	M	8	25.3	3.9	1.3	2.4
A4	M	65	26.1	4.2	5.1	3.2
E2	F	6	25.1	5.5	6.8	5.2
D2	F	10	24.9	2.7	3	2.2
A5	M	14	26	3.8	4.1	1.8
C2	F	10	24.5	2.2	2.7	1.7
A6	M	12	25.4	3.3	3.1	1.6
A7	M	16	27.9	7.5	8.6	3.1
E3	F	4	25.2	2.7	2.6	1.9
A8	M	50	22.1	1.8	1.9	1.5
A9	F	11	27.1	5.1	4.4	2.1
H2	M	15	27.16	2.7	5.1	1.1
A10	M	15	28	11.3	5	1
B1	F	53	27.1	2.8	5.7	1
D3	M	14	27.1	4.4	4.3	3
A11	F	74	28.1	11.1	7.1	2.3
G2	M	10	25.3	2.7	3.9	1.2
A12	F	7	24.2	1.9	2.7	1.4
H3	M	12	2	2.1	2.2	1.7
B2	M	11	22.5	2	2.1	1.6
A13	F	20	28.1	1	1.5	0.6
B3	M	12	26.0	1.8	1.2	1
H4	F	8	25.1	1.5	1.4	0.8
D4	M	5	2	1.2	1	0.5
A14	M	24	24.9	1.6	1.3	0.7
A15	F	6	27.5	1	1.2	0.8
H5	M	7	26.9	0.8	0.6	0.5
F2	F	14	27.1	0.5	1	0.9
E4	M	10	28.6	0.2	0.5	0.1
D5	F	6	26.5	1.2	0.8	1
A16	M	5	24.1	1.4	1.1	0.8
E5	M	11	27.5	1	0.9	0.2
G3	F	10	28.3	0.5	1	0.8
B3	M	18	26.8	0.7	1.2	1.5
A17	F	12	25.9	1.3	0.8	1
F3	M	15	27.9	0.9	0.5	0.6
A18	M	30	28.7	0.4	0.2	0.2