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Table 3 Results of confirmatory tests for ESBL and carbapenemase production, shown by proportion (percent)

From: Risk factors for the development of neonatal sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital of Nepal

Bacterial isolatesd

Phenotypic test

Molecular (PCR) testa

ESBL

AmpC

blaTEM

blaCTXM-1b

blaSHV

blaNDM-1

blaOXA

blaKPC

blaOXA-48

blaOXA-51c

Klebsiella spp

6/15 (40)

1/15 (7)

14/15 (94)

7/15 (47)

5/15 (33.4)

7/15 (47)

6/15 (40)

5/15 (33)

7/15 (46.7)

NA

Enterobacter spp.

1/11 (9)

1/11 (9)

4/11 (36)

2/11 (18)

0/11 (0)

0/11 (0)

4/11 (36)

8/11 (73)

3/11 (27.2)

NA

Acinetobacter spp.

0/6 (0)

0/6 (0)

0/6 (0)

0/6 (0)

0/6 (0)

0/6 (0)

0/6 (0)

NA

NA

5/6 (83)

Grand Total

7/34 (21)

`2/34 (6)

18/34 (53)

9/34 (26)

5/34 (15)

7/34 (21)

10/34 (29)

13/28 (46.4)

10/28 (36)

5/6 (83)

  1. NA not tested
  2. aAll tested isolates were negative for blaIMP and blaVIM
  3. bAll tested isolates were negative for other blaCTXM family genes: blaCTXM-2, blaCTXM-8, blaCTXM-9, blaCTXM-25
  4. cAll Acinetobacter spp. isolates tested negative for other blaOXA genes: blaOXA-23, blaOXA-24, blaOXA-58
  5. dBoth E. coli isolates were negative for all AMR genes tested