Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 2 Comparison between the studied groups according to the presence of antibiotic-resistant genes in PCR positive cases

From: Klebsiella infections in a pediatric intensive care unit: incidence, antimicrobial susceptibility, and resistance genes

Resistant genes	Total (n =26)		Outcome				χ²	^FEp
	Total (n =26)		Discharged (n = 19)		Died (n =7)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
CTX-M	15	57.7	10	52.6	5	71.4	0.740	0.658
IMP	1	3.8	1	5.3	0	0.0	0.383	1.000
KPC	1	3.8	1	5.3	0	0.0	0.383	1.000
NDM	17	65.4	13	68.4	4	57.1	0.287	0.661
OXA-48-like	3	11.5	2	10.5	1	14.3	0.071	1.000
VIM	1	3.8	1	5.3	0	0.0	0.383	1.000

χ² chi-square test, FE Fisher’s exact, CTX-M cefotaximase, IMP imipenemases, OXA oxacillinase, KPC Klebsiella pneumonaie carbapenemases, NDM New-delhi M, VIM Veronem integron M

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