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Volume 27, Number 1—January 2021
Research

Precise Species Identification by Whole-Genome Sequencing of Enterobacter Bloodstream Infection, China

Wenjing Wu1, Li Wei1, Yu Feng, Yi Xie, and Zhiyong ZongComments to Author 
Author affiliations: West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China (W. Wu, L. Wei, Y. Feng, Y. Zie, Z. Zong); State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Chengdu (W. Wu, Y. Feng, Z. Zong)

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Table 4

Antimicrobial resistance rates in E. xiangfangensis plus taxon 1 and other Enterobacter spp. in genomic study of Enterobacter bloodstream infection, China*

Antimicrobial agent No. (%)
χ2 p value Power†
E. xiangfangensis
+ taxon 1, n = 29 Other species, n = 19
Amikacin 2 (6.9) 0 0.512 ND
Gentamicin 9 (31.0) 1 (5.3) 3.192 0.074 0.600
Tobramycin 13 (44.8) 1 (5.3) 8.698 0.003
Aztreonam 14 (48.3) 2 (10.5) 7.361 0.007 0.829
Cefepime 12 (41.4) 2 (10.5) 5.289 0.021
Ceftriaxone 17 (58.6) 3 (15.8) 8.664 0.003
Imipenem 8 (27.6) 2 (10.5) 1.123 0.289 0.258
Piperacillin/tazobactam 12 (41.4) 2 (10.5) 5.289 0.021
Ciprofloxacin 11 (37.9) 0 7.326 0.007 ND
Levofloxacin 11 (37.9) 0 7.326 0.007 ND
Colistin 10 (34.5) 6 (31.6) 0.044 0.835 0.052
Tigecycline 5 (17.2) 0 2.043 0.153 ND
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 12 (41.4) 0 8.392 0.004 ND

*Bold indicates significance. ND, not determined; –, not calculated. 
†Statistical power was calculated for parameters without statistical significance (p>0.05) but could not be calculated for any parameters being 0.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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