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Table 5 Prevalence of antiseptic and antibiotic resistance genes between S. epidermides and non-epidermides CoNS

From: Antiseptics and mupirocin resistance in clinical, environmental, and colonizing coagulase negative Staphylococcus isolates

Antiseptic and Antibiotic Resistance Genes

S. epidermidis

(N = 19)

Non-epidermidis CoNS.

(N = 6)

P value

qacA/B

Positive

N (%)

19(100)

6(100)

 
 

Negative

N (%)

0

0

 

smr

Positive

N (%)

13(68.4)

2(33.3)

> 0.999

 

Negative

N (%)

6(31.6)

4(66.7)

qac G

Positive

N (%)

18(94.7)

6(100.0)

> 0.999

Negative

N (%)

1(5.3)

0

qac H

Positive

N (%)

17(89.5)

5(83.3)

> 0.999

Negative

N (%)

2(10.2)

1(16.7)

qac J

Positive

N (%)

16(84.2)

5(83.3)

> 0.999

Negative

N (%)

3(15.8)

1(16.7)

mecA

Positive

N (%)

19(100)

2(33.3%)

< 0.001*

Negative

N (%)

0(0.0)

4(66.6%)

mupB

Positive

N (%)

18(94.7)

4(66.6%)

< 0.07

Negative

N (%)

1(5.3)

2(33.3%)

mup A

Positive

N (%)

19(100)

5(83.3)

< 0.04*

Negative

N (%)

0(0.0)

1(16.6%)

  1. *Significant