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Table 2 The frequency of ESBL encoding genes in Shigella species

From: Molecular detection and characterization of Shigella spp. harboring extended-spectrum β-lactamase genes in children with diarrhea in northwest Iran

Shigella species

N (%)

ESBL

blaCTX

blaTEM

blaSHV

S. flexneri

N = 5 (10.2%)

1 (20%)

3 (60%)

5 (100%)

0 (0%)

S. dysenteriae

N = 2 (4.1%)

1 (50%)

1 (50%)

2 (100%)

0 (0%)

S. sonnei

N = 42 (85.7%)

3 (7.1%)

28 (66.7%)

23 (54.8%)

0 (0%)

S. boydii

N = 0 (0%)

-

-

-

-

Total

N = 49 (100%)

5 (10.2%)

32 (65.3%)

30 (61.2%)

0 (0%)