Table 3 Frequency of vancomycin and aminoglycoside resistance genes in Enterococcus species
Genes | No. (%) of E. faecalis (n = 69) | No. (%) of E. faecium (n = 10) | No. (%) of Other species (n = 21) | No. (%) of Total(n = 100) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
aac(6′)-Ie-aph(2″)-Ia | 10 (14.5) | 1 (10) | 4 (19) | 15 (15) |
aph(3′)-IIIa | 46 (66.6) | 7 (70) | 14 (66.7) | 67 (67) |
ant(4′)-Ia | 3 (4.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.7) | 4 (4) |
aph(2″)-Ic | 6 (8.7) | 0 (0) | 2 (9.5) | 8 (8) |
aph(2″)-Ib | 4 (5.8) | 2 (20) | 1 (4.7) | 7 (7) |
aph(2″)-Id | 5 (7.2) | 2 (20) | 1 (4.7) | 8 (8) |
ant(3″)-III | 50 (72.5) | 9 (90) | 19 (90.5) | 78 (78) |
ant(6′)-Ia | 41 (59.4) | 6 (60) | 15 (71.4) | 62 (62) |
vanA | 0 | 10 (100) | 0 | 10 (10) |
vanB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
vanC | 0 | 0 | 2 (9.5) | 2 (2) |