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. 2021 Jul 28;20:49. doi: 10.1186/s12941-021-00455-6

Table. 5.

Occurrence of antibiotic resistance-related genes among UTIs and DRC isolates of E. faecalis

Gene Total isolates (%) UTI isolates (%) DRC isolates (%) p-value
blaZ 8 (5.56 %) 2 (2.67 %) 6 (8.70 %) 0.112
tetM 92 (63.89 %) 71 (94.67 %) 21 (30.43 %) < 0.001
tetO 6 (4.17 %) 5 (6.67 %) 1 (1.45 %) 0.125
ermA 5 (3.47 %) 5 (6.67 %) 0 0.036
ermB 59 (40.97 %) 52 (69.33 %) 7 (10.14 %) < 0.001
vanA 9 (6.25 %) 8 (10.67 %) 1 (1.45 %) 0.023
vanB 0 0 0
aac6’-aph(2”) 49 (34.03 %) 43 (57.33 %) 6 (8.70 %) < 0.001
aadE 100 (69.44 %) 64 (85.33 %) 36 (52.17 %) < 0.001
ant(6) 50 (34.72 %) 47 (62.67 %) 3 (4.35 %) < 0.001

p-value was calculated by one-tailed Fisher’s exact test and p-value < 0.05 was significant