Table 5.
Virulence genes patterns in the VRE isolates from the different sampling sites.
| Species | Virulence factors | Number of positive isolates | Sites (∗number of isolates) |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. faecalis | gelE | 4 | Mafikeng (1), Potchefstroom (2), and Swartfontein (1) |
| hyl | 1 | Roigron (1) | |
| cylA-hyl | 1 | Roigron (1) | |
| gelE-hyl | 2 | Zeerust (1), Roigron (1) | |
| E. faecium | asa1 | 1 | Roigron (1) |
| hyl | 1 | Potchefstroom (1) | |
| gelE | 1 | Swartfontein (1) | |
| gelE-cylA | 1 | Koster (1) | |
| gelE-hyl | 3 | Koster (2), Swartfontein (1) | |
| asa1-gelE-esp-hyl | 1 | Mafikeng (1) | |
| E. durans | asa1 | 2 | Swartfontein (2) |
| cylA | 1 | Koster (1) | |
| gelE | 8 | Mafikeng (2), Potchefstroom (2), Swartfontein (3), and Roigron (1) | |
| hyl | 2 | Swartfontein (2) | |
| asa1-gelE | 4 | Mafikeng (2), Swartfontein (1), and Roigron (1) | |
| gelE-hyl | 21 | Koster (1), Zeerust (1), and Swartfontein (19) | |
| asa1-hyl | 5 | Mafikeng (1), Swartfontein (4) | |
| cylA-esp | 1 | Swartfontein (1) | |
| esp-hyl | 1 | Swartfontein (1) | |
| gelE-cylA | 2 | Koster (2) | |
| asa1-esp-hyl | 2 | Swartfontein (2) | |
| asa1-gelE-hyl | 6 | Swartfontein (6) | |
| gelE-esp-hyl | 1 | Koster (1) | |
| asa1-gelE-esp-cylA | 1 | Mafikeng (1) | |
| E. gallinarum | hyl | 2 | Swartfontein (1), Zeerust (1) |
| asa1-gelE | 1 | Mafikeng (1) | |
| gelE-hyl | 4 | Koster (1), Roigron (3) | |
| asa1-cylA-hyl | 1 | Swartfontein (1) | |
| gelE-esp-hyl | 1 | Mafikeng (1) | |
| E. casseliflavus | asa1 | 1 | Swartfontein (1) |
| gelE | 2 | Roigron (2) | |
| E. mundtii | None | 0 | - - - - |
| E. avium | gelE | 1 | Zeerust |
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| Total | 86 | ||