Determination of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Factors and Their Association with Clinical and Demographic Factors in Kenya
Table 3
Association of resistance to antibiotics and virulence factors.
Tetracycline
Nitrofurantoin
Levofloxacin
Gentamicin
Ampicillin
R/I
S
value
R/I
S
value
R/I
S
value
R/I
S
value
R/I
S
value
gel E (+ve)
18
9
0.1585
0
27
0.0175
9
18
0.1252
6
21
0.1067
0
27
0.0005
gel E (−ve)
15
2
4
13
10
7
8
9
7
10
asa1 (+ve)
23
3
0.0305
0
26
0.0225
12
14
0.7600
11
15
0.3607
0
26
0.0008
asa1 (−ve)
10
8
4
14
7
11
5
13
7
11
cyl A (+ve)
11
1
0.239
0
11
0.5579
4
7
0.7315
5
6
0.4921
0
11
0.1652
cyl A (−ve)
22
10
4
28
15
18
11
22
7
26
esp (+ve)
15
1
0.0363
1
14
1
6
10
0.753
8
8
0.2002
1
15
0.3930
esp (−ve)
18
10
3
29
13
15
8
20
6
22
hyl (+ve)
1
0
0.222
1
0
0.0909
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0.1591
hyl (−ve)
32
11
3
40
19
24
14
29
6
37
R, resistant; I, intermediate; S, susceptible. Bold-Fisher’s exact test significance at .
