Table 7 Pearson correlation showing a relationship among the antibiotics and class 2 integron in the studied pathogens.

From: Prevalence of classes 1 and 2 integrons in multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumanni isolates recovered from some aquatic environment in South Africa

Antibiotics

Amikacin

Cefepime

Cefotaxime

Ceftazidime

Ciprofloxacin

Gentamicin

Imipenem

Meropenem

Piperacillintazobactam

Tetracycline

Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole

Integron Class 2

Amikacin

1

           

Cefepime

0.528**

1

          

Cefotaxime

0.229

0.447**

1

         

Ceftazidime

0.531**

0.944**

0.502**

1

        

Ciprofloxacin

0.294

0.572**

0.857**

0.642**

1

       

Gentamicin

0.427**

0.832**

0.537**

0.934**

0.687**

1

      

Imipenem

0.329*

0.756**

0.329*

0.761**

0.421**

0.612**

1

     

Meropenem

0.719**

0.908**

0.394*

0.880**

0.505**

0.734**

0.692**

1

    

Piperacillin tazobactam

0.493**

0.928**

0.585**

0.941**

0.748**

0.891**

0.706**

0.848**

1

 

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Tetracycline

0.202

0.393*

0.881**

0.442**

0.755**

0.473**

0.289

0.347*

0.515**

1

  

Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole

0.377*

0.735**

0.608**

0.825**

0.778**

0.884**

0.541**

0.649**

0.893**

0.535**

1

 

Integron Class 2

0.280

0.124

0.011

0.161

0.125

0.223

0.016

0.250

0.232

0.054

0.290

1

  1. **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
  2. *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).