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Table 2 Frequency of ciprofloxacin-resistant bacterial genera and their carriage of PMQR genes

From: Carriage of plasmid-mediated qnr determinants and quinolone efflux pump (qepA) by ciprofloxacin-resistant bacteria recovered from Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) samples

Bacteria

Frequency

Percentage occurrence

No. of isolates showing carriage of PMQR genes

Escherichia spp.

31/73

42.5

25

Klebsiella spp.

27/73

36.9

10

Pseudomonas spp.

4/73

5.5

2

Enterobacter spp.

3/73

4.1

2

Proteus spp.

3/73

4.1

1

Acinetobacter spp.

2/73

2.7

1

Citrobacter spp.

1/73

1.4

1

Salmonella spp.

1/73

1.4

1

Morganella spp.

1/73

1.4

0

Total

73

100

43