Table 5.
Detection of blaCTX-M and blaTEM ESBL genes among the isolates
| Isolates | n | Phenotypic ESBL | Genotypic ESBL | Number of amplified genes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| blaCTX-M (%) | blaTEM (%) | blaCTX-M + blaTEM (%) | ||||
| K. pneumoniae | 17 | 8 (47.06) | 7 (41.18) | 3 (42.86) | 0 | 4 (57.14) |
| K. oxytoca | 4 | 1 (25) | 2 (50) | 1 (50) | 0 | 1 (50) |
| E. coli | 12 | 9 (75) | 9 (75) | 3 (33.33) | 2 (22.22) | 4 (44.45) |
| P. aeruginosa | 4 | 4 (100) | 3 (75) | 3 (100) | 0 | 0 |
| Acinetobacter spp | 1 | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 0 | 0 |
| E. aerogenes | 9 | 0 | 1 (11.11) | 0 | 0 | 1 (100) |
| C. frundii | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 53 | 23 (43.4) | 23 (43.4) | 11 (47.83) | 2 (8.69) | 10 (43.48) |