Table 5.

The frequency of antimicrobial resistance genes found in 62 E. faecium isolates selected for whole genome sequencing.

Antimicrobial Class	Resistance Phenotype	Resistance Gene	Number of Isolates (n = 62)
Aminoglycosides	GEN	aac(6′)-Ii	59 (95.2)
Aminoglycosides	AMK	aac(6′)-Iid	2 (3.2)
Aminoglycosides	STR	ant(6)-Ia	1 (1.6)
β-lactam	AMP	pbp5	29 (46.8)
LsaP (lincosamides, streptogramin As and pleuromutilins)	Q/D, LIN	eatAv	47 (75.8)
Lincosamide	LIN	lnu(G)	2 (3.2)
Streptogramin	VIR, Q/D	vat -E	1 (1.6)
Macrolide, streptogramin	ERY, Q/D, VIR	msr(C)	59 (95.2)
MLS (macrolide, lincosamide, streptogramin)	ERY, LIN, Q/D	erm(B)	3 (4.8)
Macrolides, fluoroquinolones	CIP	efmA	21 (33.9)
Tetracyclines	TET	tet(M)	3 (4.8)
Tetracyclines	TET	tet(L)	2(3.2)
Tetracyclines	TET	tet(45)	2(3.2)
Tetracyclines	TET	tet(S)	2(3.2)