Table 4 Characterization of E. coli isolates grouped on profil II in terms of phenotypic resistance and its genotypic basis, phylogenetic groups, and clonal relatedness.

From: Molecular mechanisms impact on fluoroquinolone resistance among E.coli from enteric carriage monitoring before prostate biopsy and earliest description of qnrB81

Strains

Qs-FQs resistance phenotypes

NAL NXN OFX CIP

Qs -FQs MICs (mg/L)

ATB resistance profiles

QRDRs mutations

PMQRs gene

Phylogenetic group

ST131 clone

PFGE

pulsotype/subtype

NAL

S≤16

R>16

OFX

S≤0.25 R>0.5

C.I.P.

S≤0.25

R>0.5

ß-lactams

Aminoglycosides

Other

gyrA

parC

E. coli (7)

RSSS

256

0.5

0.24

AMP, TIC, PIP

-

-

S83L

WP

-

B2

-

-

E.coli (8)

RSSS

256

0.5

0.24

AMP, TIC, PIP

-

SXT

S83T

WP

-

B2

-

-

E. coli (9)

RSSS

256

0.5

0.24

-

-

SXT

S83L

WP

-

Clade I or II

-

-

E.coli (10)

RSSS

256

0.5

0.24

AMP, TIC, PIP

-

-

S83L

WP

-

B2

-

-

E. coli (11)

RSSS

256

0.5

0.24

AMP, TIC, PIP

-

CHL, SXT

S83L

WP

-

B2

-

-

E.coli (12)

RSSS

256

0.5

0.24

-

-

-

D87N

WP

-

B2

+

Pulsotype VI

E.coli (13)

RSSS

256

0.5

0.24

-

-

-

D87N

WP

-

Unknown

-

-

E.coli (14)

RSSS

256

0.5

0.24

MEC

-

-

S83L

WP

-

Clade I or II

-

-

E. coli (15)

RSSS

256

0.5

0.24

AMP, TIC, PIP

-

SXT

S83L

WP

-

Clade I or II

-

-

  1. MIC: minimum inhibitory concentration; S: sensitive ; R: resistant; NAL: Nalidixic acid, NXN: Norfloxacin, OFX: ofloxacin; CIP: ciprofloxacin AMP: ampicillin; TIC: ticarcillin; PIP: piperacillin; MEC: mecillinam; CHL: chloramphenicol; SXT: co- trimoxazole; PMQR: plasmid resistance to fluoroquinolones, QRDR: quinolone resistance determining region, R: resistant; S: sensitive; WP: wild phenotype; +: positive; -: Negative.