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. 2017 Oct 17;12(10):e0186576. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186576

Table 4. Comparison of the frequencies of acquired resistance genes in ESBL-E. coli isolates from urine strains versus isolates from recreational water and wastewater.

Resistance determinant Urine N = 94 Recreational water N = 82 p Wastewater N = 91 p
N % N % N %
ESBL1 but no blaCTX-M genes 5 5 2 2 0.34 8 9 0.36
Sulphonamide2 74 78 53 65 0.06 62 68 0.15
Trimethoprim3 69 73 39 48 0.001 60 66 0.36
Tetracycline4 69 73 54 66 0.35 60 66 0.35
Aminoglycoside5 62 65 55 67 0.08 71 78 0.91
Macrolide6 55 58 27 33 0.001 36 40 0.02
Phenicol7 39 41 14 17 0.001 34 35 0.67
Fluoroquinolone/aminoglycoside8 28 29 6 7 0.001 18 20 0.16
Fluoroquinolone9 2 2 3 4 0.55 9 10 0.04
Colistin10 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -

1blaSHV, blaCMY

2sul-1, sul-1-like, sul-2, sul-2-like, sul-3

3dfrA1, dfrA5, dfrA7, dfrA12, dfr14-like, dfr17

4tet(A), tet(A)-like, tet(B)

5strA, strA-like, strB, strB-like, aadA1, aadA1-like, aadA2, aadA2-like, aadA12, aadA5c, aadA24-like, addB, aac(3)lla, aac(3)lla-like, acc(3)lld-like, aph(3’)-la, aph(3’)-la-like, aph(3’)-lc, aph(3’)-lc-like, aph(6)-lc-like

6erm(B)-like, mph(A), mph(A)-like

7catA1-like, catB3-like, cmlA1-like, floR-like

8aac(6’)lb-cr, aac(6’)lb-cr-like

9QnrB19, QnrS1, QnrS1-like

10mcr-1