TABLE 9.
Resistance patterns of Enterococcus spp. from the irrigation return flows and background canal site.
| Resistance pattern |
No. of isolates |
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| E. casseliflavus (n = 38) | E. faecalis (n = 37) | E. faecium (n = 55) | E. hirae (n = 7) | E. malodoratus (n = 1) | E. mundtii (n = 40) | E. phoeniculicola (n = 2) | E. thailandicus (n = 5) | |
| Lin | 24 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 |
| Nit | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ChlLin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DapLin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LinNit | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| LinSyn | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LinTet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LinTylt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NitSyn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NitTet | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KanNitTet | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LinNitTet | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ChlLinSynTet | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CipLinNitTet | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LinNitPenStrTet | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EryKanLinStrSynTetTylt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chl, chloramphenicol; Cip, ciprofloxacin; Dap, daptomycin; Ery, erythromycin; Kan, kanamycin; Lin, lincomycin; Lzd, linezolid; Nit, nitrofurantoin; Pen, penicillin; Str, streptomycin; Syn, quinupristin/dalfopristin; Tet, tetracyline; Tylt, tylosin tartrate.